Web Design

Come Visit! How the Websites of the Top 10 Most Popular Countries for Tourists Compare

May 5, 2012September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 10 Comments

Summer is approaching, and along with it thoughts of vacations and where to go this year. With this in mind, I thought I would take a look at the official tourism websites of the most popular countries for tourists, as ranked by the United Nations World Tourism Organization, and see how well they help those looking to make this important travel decision.

Order Confirmation Page Done Well

December 23, 2011September 16, 2020 Christian Watson 3 Comments

I thought this order confirmation page from Potbelly Sandwich Shop was nicely done.

Use Icon Fonts to Create Lightweight, Flexible Icons

November 30, 2011September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 6 Comments

I love this post from CSS-Tricks about using icon fonts to create website icons. I’d never really thought about using this technique before, but it seems like a clever way to build considerable flexibility into how you present icons and symbols on a website.

8 Reasons Why Bad Web Design Decisions Get Made

June 25, 2011July 31, 2016 Christian Watson 24 Comments

Sometimes when I’m struggling to complete a task on a website (or am watching my wife throw her arms up in frustration), I ask myself “What genius decided to build it like that?” Read More

Elegant Advanced Search Implementation

April 8, 2011September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 10 Comments

I like this advanced search implementation on Elance a lot:

Great Email plus Landing Page Marketing Campaign

April 5, 2011September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 7 Comments

I enjoyed this marketing email I received recently from Paramore|Redd, in particular, how the landing page coordinates with the email campaign to provide a consistent user experience.

Best Practices for Product Image Placement

February 27, 2011September 21, 2020 Christian Watson 9 Comments

I’m in the process of redesigning an ecommerce product page which currently has the product images on the right hand side of the page. As part of the redesign I am proposing placing the image on the left. Why?

Giant Collection of Ecommerce Add-To-Cart Buttons

September 12, 2010September 20, 2020 Christian Watson

Back in 2007, Get Elastic posted a handy collection of add-to-cart buttons along with some analysis of the label text and use of icons.

I thought it would be useful to revisit this topic and so I gathered together over 200 add-to-cart buttons, including many from the top online retailers.