That's nasty, What do you hate in designs? Options

[schizo]

What kind of things irritate you that people use in their designs? Here are some of mine:

1. Borders thicker than 1px
2. Right-aligned layouts
3. That font with the wings that I can't remember the name of
4. Those "celebutantes" and Disney folk

My list would probably go all the way to one hundred, but I thought I'd spare you.

[Gigi]

People who go brush-happy. Brushes are great and all, but please don't rely on them for good design.

Complete disregard for composition of any type. Sort of correlated with being brush-happy. A lot of people try to emulate certain styles of design and end up making shit that looks slapped together; people just don't think about what they're designing for. I mean, I know art is supposed to tread new ground and break boundaries, but in something like web design, there are definitely some guidelines to follow.

Ugly fonts. Ghetto things. Sparkly gif's.

Over-use of flash, i.e., sites that take like 5 minutes to load. Sure, it's pretty, but completely useless. Again back to not thinking about the design.

Shitty minimalism. We've talked about this before - minimalism, simplicity - it works when it's done well. A lot of people just throw shit together and call it a day.

I could probably go on as well...but my brain hurts.

[Marlons]

- The use of the word Punk, when it's obviously an Emo layout.
- The design is TOO simple.
- Basic link navigation.(<a href="">That's it.</a>)
- Anything with the word Love, or some quote like that.
- Hard to read fonts.

[karmakiller]

When people use a ton of cliche brushes with clashing colors and call it a design.
Layouts with a plain white background.
Blurry images.
Badly cropped images.

[anzbex]

Messed up colors. You know when all the color is wrong.
Over crowded layouts or empty looking layouts.

[ForgiveTheSinner]

-Really sparkly graphics.
-Icons that have just been cropped and sharpened...that's not even a design!
-Too many fonts in one graphic.

Will add more later.

[Melissa]

- images of Robert Pattinson
- Fonts that clash
- Stupid quotes that are supposed to be "deep" but just look tacky.
- Overusage of brushes
- shitty faux "Minimalism"
- blends and collages that reuse the main image over and over again


etc. etc.

[Joanne]

I don't like anything in center alignment.

[datass]

- Stupid quotes that are supposed to be "deep" but just look tacky.

oh i hate those. especially when it has to do with heartbreak.

[Gigi]

- images of Robert Pattinson
- Fonts that clash
- Stupid quotes that are supposed to be "deep" but just look tacky.
- Overusage of brushes
- shitty faux "Minimalism"
- blends and collages that reuse the main image over and over again


etc. etc.

Wow, my thoughts in a nutshell.

[none345678]

- animated sparkles
- Ugly colors that clash
- When they use 15 different fonts
- Blurry image
- Over used
- plane content areas with an over done header
- When the credit is huge and ugly
- Unedited images with nothing but text over it
- every thing else named on here so far, and about a million more.

I also hate when people put "DON'T TAKE OF CREDIT!!!" on really ugly and sucky layouts, I don't know why. Maybe I am just mean like that.

[Tomates]

-Having designs just look like it took 10 seconds to make.
-Looking like there is too much thrown together
-Miley Cyrus/Jonas brother layouts
-things not matching

[only-tuesdays]

Things not matching is my biggest pet peeve. I don't know what's worse, if it is just off by like a shade, or if it blatantly doesn't match. Like the styles are wrong or something. Ugh.

[gelionie]

Since everyone above me said basically what I don't like, I'll just add a few more:

- stroking every single text on graphics
- no focus (3 unblended celeb photos of the SAME SIZE)
- sTiCkY cApS with loads of unnecessary symbols in the graphic text or navigation
- 'girlish' use of swirls/sparkles :x

[dopelyts]

when the layout image background doesn't match with the actual page background.

[Tomates]

another thing that bugs me is when people have their about me on their DIV picture itself.
I have seen a few like that today

[Tomates]

Hahaha, but we aren't going to name them, are we? Lmfaoz.
I think it looks horrible when they do that to.
It takes the whole feel of a DIV away.

lol i think i know who your thinking but thats not the only one i have seen latly XD
but they did spark that reminder.
It just makes it look like that you think you know hwo to make a DIV when in potential relaity you dont

[schizo]

when the layout image background doesn't match with the actual page background.

I hate that, too. It just looks so horrible...Seriously, how hard is it to put a repeating PNG square in the back if that's what you insist on saving the image as?

[schizo]

^I don't know, I don't think it's that bad if people do that with their own personal divs. It's pretty stupid because they'd have to change the image if they need to change what it says, but it doesn't really make it look horrible.

[Tomates]

^I don't know, I don't think it's that bad if people do that with their own personal divs. It's pretty stupid because they'd have to change the image if they need to change what it says, but it doesn't really make it look horrible.

to me though it just doesnt look that neat. Especially most times people have the font on a low quality and it obviously looks like its been plastered on.

[Tomates]

I don't know, that's just my opinion. Like, it just looks like they put no effort into it and they were just whatever with it.

ditto

[none345678]

^I don't know, I don't think it's that bad if people do that with their own personal divs. It's pretty stupid because they'd have to change the image if they need to change what it says, but it doesn't really make it look horrible.

I hate it when they put effects on it, like 15 differnt colors and fonts and what not, but if it is there personal I agree I don't think it looks to bad sometimes. =/

[vogueXdirge]

- Colors that blind me (ie. Lime Green and Pink in the same graphic)
- Things that contain millions of textures pasted over one image, all of which are set on 'overlay' 'softlight' or 'multiply'.
- Some random picture of the moon with some random word in the lower left hand corner.
- When people saturate images too much.
- I personally find the ipod commercial images to be REALLY tacky and annoying
- Anything Jonas Brothers.
- Pixely images in icons. It looks TERRIBLE

I'll think of more later...
xD

[Saikou]

I also hate when people put "DON'T TAKE OF CREDIT!!!" on really ugly and sucky layouts, I don't know why. Maybe I am just mean like that.

omg

[heyo-captain-jac...]

Mixtures of retarded colors, like black and hot pink.
Clashing fonts.
When tables/divs/etc. block the view of the background image.
Penises. I know an idiot who used a dick as a background in a myspace layout.

[schizo]

I also hate when people put "DON'T TAKE OF CREDIT!!!" on really ugly and sucky layouts, I don't know why. Maybe I am just mean like that.

It's really bad when half of it is stolen and they say "LYKOMGLOLZ DON'T JOCK!"

Those kind of people are what's wrong with web design society these days.

[1angel3]

- When all the CSS for the design (like a layout) doesn't match it at all.
- When the person in layout isn't properly cut out. When you look at and you can tell the color of the original background the person was in then that's bad and really annoys me.
- When the design only have brushes on it splatter everywhere.
- When designs have boring colors and use low quality images and everything is pixel.

[sixfive]

- When all the CSS for the design (like a layout) doesn't match it at all.
- When the person in layout isn't properly cut out. When you look at and you can tell the color of the original background the person was in then that's bad and really annoys me.
- When the design only have brushes on it splatter everywhere.
- When designs have boring colors and use low quality images and everything is pixel.

1/10

/golfclap

[1angel3]

1/10

/golfclap

I hate your signature. Your signature = 1/10

That reminded me, I hate when people use bright blinking colors in their animations. It's blinding to the eyes.

[paolabear20]

^haha. right. =)
Blinding colors annoy me too.

[markmejia]

I don't like anything in center alignment.

why joanne why :[

[lkajsfklajskds]

YES, THAT IS MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE OF CREATEBLOG LAYOUTS!
I hate Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers.
They are horrible. XP

word.
and i'm sick of the twilight stuff

def. the sunburst effect. and the thick white outlining of people placed on top of the sunburst effect.

oh, and i hate text that's looks like it should be readable but isn't.

[none345678]

It's really bad when half of it is stolen and they say "LYKOMGLOLZ DON'T JOCK!"

Those kind of people are what's wrong with web design society these days.

The worst part is when you call them out on stealing and there mad and yell at YOU like your the one who did something wrong.

Also bad guilty images are the worst to me.

[schizo]

def. the sunburst effect. and the thick white outlining of people placed on top of the sunburst effect.

That's so overused. I thought it was kinda cute the first time I saw it, but now every site on myspace uses that effect on their defaults.

[1angel3]

That's so overused. I thought it was kinda cute the first time I saw it, but now every site on myspace uses that effect on their defaults.

I know right, its getting old. I hate when people on here ask in the graphic help forum how to do those type of effects. I just would like to tell them to just don't worry about and find something else to do for their designs. I tell them how to do it anyway because if I don't someone will.

[Tomates]

That's so overused. I thought it was kinda cute the first time I saw it, but now every site on myspace uses that effect on their defaults.

i must say im guilty for using the sunburst effect still.

[Fabianwashere]

Pink.
Yes, I hate pink.

[none345678]

Pink.
Yes, I hate pink.

I think pink can look good if used right, but it is vary over used.

[Blaqheartedstar]

low quality images...
clashing fonts
when fonts look rough (anti aliasing is set to none)
anything related to the disney channel
anything trying to look rockish or grunge
anything trying to look urban
over used brushes, brushes with swirls
animated layouts.

and it goes on.

[Tomates]

low quality images...
clashing fonts
when fonts look rough (anti aliasing is set to none)
anything related to the disney channel
anything trying to look rockish or grunge
anything trying to look urban
over used brushes, brushes with swirls
animated layouts.

and it goes on.

I bet you that now there are going to be a bunch of tweens coming out of the woodwork and going to post HSM3 layouts all over createblog because that damn movie is coming out.

[schizo]

^&& you know what really sucks about that movie? It's actually going to be in theaters, so I won't be able to avoid commercials.

It makes me really sad when Disney-related layouts are amazingly done. Why waste your design talent on such an overused theme?

[Tomates]

^&& you know what really sucks about that movie? It's actually going to be in theaters, so I won't be able to avoid commercials.

It makes me really sad when Disney-related layouts are amazingly done. Why waste your design talent on such an overused theme?

I know i saw it on t.v today and i just sighed in disgust.
Exactly, do something that more people would want instead of what the 10, 11, 12 year olds want who shouldnt even have a myspace in the first place.
And even then to me some of the layouts arent the best

[none345678]

It makes me really sad when Disney-related layouts are amazingly done. Why waste your design talent on such an overused theme?

x2

[dilligrout]

-Having designs just look like it took 10 seconds to make.
-Looking like there is too much thrown together
-Miley Cyrus/Jonas brother layouts
-things not matching

-Miley Cyrus/Jonas brother layouts
LMAO!




I hate layouts that look really white trash because they have an over abundance of stars. Like those people who hang ugly stars on the side of their houses.

[schizo]

^How are stars white trash? I love stars...

[Blaqheartedstar]

^2x woah. celebs are awesome.... just some are more hyped than others.
i just hate when things get over hyped. i'm not gonna lie, i did kinda like HS1 i refused to watch it because i have a soft spot for musicals... managed to catch some of hs1 and liked it.
then it got huge... really big, and that was the end of that.

[schizo]

^That's how I feel with the whole Twilight craze. I LOVED the books before, but now I'm so sick of seeing it everywhere.

Why do people make stuff that there's already an over abundance of? Wouldn't it make sense to make things no one else has?

[SharperMyspace]

I remember people on xanga used to have a 20px lime green and hot pink border around their WHOLE page! I couldn't stand it.

[schizo]

HOLY CRAP.

I remember using those. CLICK.

Don't ask me what I was thinking when I made that.

[paolabear20]

i hate hate hate that new disney girl selena gomez.
She looks like a chipmunk so anything with her.

And I'm was guilty of a lot of these things you guys have mentioned when i first started submitting, but I think things have gotten better, because I haven't submitted anything but stock photos. lol.

[none345678]

i hate hate hate that new disney girl selena gomez.
She looks like a chipmunk so anything with her.

And I'm was guilty of a lot of these things you guys have mentioned when i first started submitting, but I think things have gotten better, because I haven't submitted anything but stock photos. lol.

Haha me too, I have gotten better over the months though...I hope.

I hate it when there are huge gaps between things. Like there are 500 extra pixels of space on the top, bottom, left, and/or right.

[Blaqheartedstar]

^ ooooo yeah
thats pretty nasty... i don't see whats so nice about it.

[creole]

I hate Pete Wentz icons & layouts.
OH LORDAWYYY cb. kthanxbai.

[Blaqheartedstar]

fall out boy and panic at the disco as well...

[creole]

I hate how people take one big group picture, and crop everyone's face, mess with some adjustments, and then submit every single person that's been cropped.

[Harp]

^That's how I feel with the whole Twilight craze. I LOVED the books before, but now I'm so sick of seeing it everywhere.

Hallelujah. I read the first book in seventh grade.
All of a sudden, now that theres gonna be a movie, everyone is all into it and excited.

[superstitious]

I really, REALLY hate seeing an excellent layout ruined by some trite, emotional or wannabe profound statement or words.

Just f**king leave the layout without dumbass text. Jesus.


Sorry, it just kills me. lol

[none345678]

I really, REALLY hate seeing an excellent layout ruined by some trite, emotional or wannabe profound statement or words.

Just f**king leave the layout without dumbass text. Jesus.
Sorry, it just kills me. lol

aha, me too. or some amazing deep piece of art or photography, but then some douche bag writes Live Laugh Love over via paint. that and when people don't add padding to there content area and the text is right on the context boxes line or whatever. HATE that.

[Blaqheartedstar]

LMFAO!!!! soo true. I mean some are good... but most are REALLY bad and corny. what pisses me off is that its sooo popular.

[lovescream]

I HATE LAYOUTS WITH LINKS THAT DON'T CHANGE WHEN THEY HOVER.
I HATEHATHEAHETHAETHATEHATEHATEHATE IT.

(Mark knows how much I hate it)

That's my main pet peeve. It outweighs every other pet peeve combined.

[Gigi]

^ I never really thought about that, but yeah! That DOES piss me off. It's like, how am I supposed to know this is a freaking link?

The 10 Commandments of Web Design
1. Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
2. Thou shalt not hide content.
3. Thou shalt not clutter.
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
5. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels.
6. Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
7. Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
8. Thou shalt be social.
9. Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
10. Thou shalt make content king.

http://creativebits.org/the_10_commandments_web_design

Awesome.

[schizo]

I hate when links change size, font, or case when you hover them. Sometimes it's done nicely, but I get really pissed when I can't even click something because it's jumping all over.

[Tomates]

I hate when links change size, font, or case when you hover them. Sometimes it's done nicely, but I get really pissed when I can't even click something because it's jumping all over.

Ohh i know what you mean.
Sadly im really bad when it comes to hover links XD

[none345678]

I hate when links change size, font, or case when you hover them. Sometimes it's done nicely, but I get really pissed when I can't even click something because it's jumping all over.

I hate that soo much.

Also when people leave the plain blue default link.

[superstitious]

The 10 Commandments of Web Design
1. Thou shalt not abuse Flash.
2. Thou shalt not hide content.
3. Thou shalt not clutter.
4. Thou shalt not overuse glassy reflections.
5. Thou shalt not name your Web 2.0 company with an unnecessary surplus or dearth of vowels.
6. Thou shalt worship at the altar of typography.
7. Thou shalt create immersive experiences.
8. Thou shalt be social.
9. Thou shalt embrace proven technologies.
10. Thou shalt make content king.

http://creativebits.org/the_10_commandments_web_design

Awesome.

That IS awesome, Gigi. #10 cracks me up. One thing that drives me absolutely crazy is a pointless site or a site with absolutely no meat or content. That and of course, lack of updates.

Rollovers can make me crazy if there's no sense to them.

[goth-nina]

i cringe when i look at bad or overused fonts.

i hate celebrity layouts If you would have an OUNCE of common sense, try thinking of DIVS people would actually like to use.

[MidnightxAurora]

1. Font color that does not match the picture at all.
2. Too bright color.
3. Pictures that load forever.

[LifesLushLips]

I hate how people take one big group picture, and crop everyone's face, mess with some adjustments, and then submit every single person that's been cropped.

Could I maybe see an example of something like this? 'Cause I have a feeling I might have done it before XD

[none345678]

i cringe when i look at bad or overused fonts.

i hate celebrity layouts If you would have an OUNCE of common sense, try thinking of DIVS people would actually like to use.

One or two celeb layouts aren't bad, but when they have nothing but celebrity layouts. It makes me mad.

[schizo]

i hate celebrity layouts If you would have an OUNCE of common sense, try thinking of DIVS people would actually like to use.

Well, it depends on the celebrity. If you do a layout of some really hunky guy, girls will use it. Some people do celebrity layouts because it's just a style of design that they really excel at. Blending, cutting, and airbrushing were some of the first things I learned to do, so I did those kinds of graphics for fun. I don't think I ever put them up, though.

[lumpy]

-Having designs just look like it took 10 seconds to make.
-Looking like there is too much thrown together
-Miley Cyrus/Jonas brother layouts
-things not matching

word up

[miyashu]

what if it's a few lyrics being used on a layout?
does that make it tacky and wannabe-profound-sounding.

my nasty list
1. a beautifully blended image...then a box for content underneath

2. same old banner-on-top-content-on-bottom composition. there's other ways to arrange things.

3. overusing anything

4. horrible use of fonts/TOO MANY different fonts

5. TOO MANY BOXES of the same size

6. ugly color palette

and the last is just a matter of personal taste...
7. jrock layouts that all look the same and look like shit

[Maccabee]

Im less of a designer and more of a coder so my things are different.

The use of Tables.

Pages that only center in 1024x768

tables with borders.

I honestly think html pages are only exceptable for pages that there r one of.

If its a whole site it should be php for consistency and you can change it.

HOLY CRAP.

I remember using those. CLICK.

Don't ask me what I was thinking when I made that.

YIKES! Another thing i hate! Links that change sizes when you hover!

[none345678]

^that font can look nice, it's just the a lot of people don't use it right.


I hate over blurred images D:

[amplifyy]

I hate kiddish images.

[markmejia]

Bad or amateur-looking use of fonts.

[Blaqheartedstar]

^ lol, hate seeing the same fonts used over and over and over again
Also hate grunge fonts especially base02. The only tasteful one is the 28 days later font.

[datass]

comic sans ms.. mmm yes

[markmejia]

comic sans ms.. mmm yes

comic sans ms.. mmm yes

comic sans ms.. mmm yes

[firechild]

I hate comic sans jokerman and chalkboard fonts (ick, just ick)

[none345678]

My teacher uses comic sans ms all the time, and I yell at him for it. :D

[schizo]

^My biology teacher types out all the review questions for every test in it. It makes me cringe.

[datass]

all the science teachers at my school worships comic sans. WTF?

[diputs]

im really really tired of those ONE splash layouts .. they really bother me ..

Corny brushes

layouts that r too big

Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Lindsey Lohan and all these other overused "IT"-girls .. i think ppl only use these celebs because they have good pictures and its easy to make a layout with them ..

[JonHMChan]

T3xT tAhT l0oK$ L1k3 th1$!i!i

And the subsequent layouts that use it.

[Jenni]

aw my god where do is start

those glitter "gheto" fonts
when people only use brushes and add text across their design and say its their own creation and worked really hard on it
when people write their credits like in bold wit a big stroke makin it like flash wit like 30 font
oh and when they have very pixelated photos and make them huge

[imperfectionistx]

Bad use of fonts/too many fonts/StIcKyCaPs
Too many brushes/brushes that don't match
Colors that clash/blind you
Seizure inducing animated backgrounds
Overused themes/celebrities like the Jonas Brothers, Miley, etc.
Stupid looking watermarks/credits

The thing I hate the most though is self-proclaimed "layout sites" that have like 283748731 layouts, all of which are default myspace layouts with a background, practically nothing else changed, and they still have the nerve to say "DON'T JOCK MY SHIT BITCH OR ILL SPAM YOU!" or some crap like that.

[Gigi]

My teacher uses comic sans ms all the time, and I yell at him for it. :D

Hahaha, I wrote something about teachers and Comic Sans in another topic.

...whenever I see [Comic Sans] nowadays, I'm just reminded of my high school math notes. What is it with high school math teachers and Comic Sans? I think they like to try to add some fun to an otherwise emotionless subject.

[none345678]

Stupid looking watermarks/credits

Especially when there on a really nice layout. Hate it so much.