Top 10 Web Annoyances

Published August 10th, 2006 under Personal, Web Development
by Mashhoor Al Dubayan

In this post, I compiled a list of the 10 most annoying things I experience on the web. There are more annoyances out there, but since these 10 annoyances popped up in my mind first, then they probably are the most annoying things on the web for me.

10. Web Development misconceptions

People Who think that:

  • Whoever “knows” HTML can write decent markup.
  • JavaScript isn’t worth learning since many scripts’ websites are available online.
  • FrontPage is the best choice (or even an option) for designing web sites.
  • PHP is a language for amateur programmers.
  • CSS-based layouts are just a fad.
  • “Graphic Designers” are the ones responsible for “Web Design” since both names share the “design” part, even though Web Design involves coding.

And a few other things I don’t recall right now.

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