I've been doing web design for many years - and that does NOT make me an expert of any kind. Here's a couple of things that I've picked up along the way:
1) If you insist on using flash - be sure to provide a non flash alternative and make the alternative easy to find and select. I don't have time for your 50 megabyte flash applet to load; regardless of how pretty it is.
2) Auto-play music or sounds are DEATH. If you want to provide auto-play music, go back and read that sentence again. Nothing drives users away from your website faster.
3) Avoid white backgrounds. Yea, yea, I know; I know. Research is finally finding out what old computer dinosaurs like myself have known all along - white is glarey and causes considerable eyestrain.
4) Provide good navigation. It took me a long time to figure this out for the simple fact that I don't navigate the web like most people apparently do. Most folks never use the back arrow, and want to click on a link. I use the back arrow all the time personally - its built into my mouse.
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