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27 Comments

  1. Hi Ran, I love your videos, thank you for the great content.
    However this is not the first one where I notice that you look everything from a very specific point of viewpoint. Your points are valid many times but not in every cases. A lot of websites aren't built especially for newcomers or with the intention to grab and keep every visitor. Websites with high functionality can have busy navigation, there are webpages/apps wich are not intend for mobile use, and not every time important to get an instant response from the visitors. And I don't think that he most of the visitors would be that dumb they can't remember more than 3 options or menu item.
    These mistakes are valid only for commercial sites with high selling expectations.

  2. You have a good vision of what's going on but some arguments are silly. Like the "you only can hold so much items in your head" for the bloated nav. You don't have to memorize a website, you just read.

  3. 4:21 that's the kind of websites cheap agencies like to make, in the US there are many of them, but these websites are proven to sell, people love them, for the experience eyes like your and me they look like garbage

  4. The hidden menu is often down to people buying templates – so many templates use the hidden menu style – so companies just go with it and have never thought about the good and bad aspects.
    I do struggle with some clients to minimise navigation options – however it is always a focus to keep it as sensible as possible.

  5. You commonly see these websites with a lack of a clear CTA when it’s a website which isn’t marketing at you but is rather a functional/informational site which is in fact designed for multiple personas. With these sites it’s difficult to create a single big CTA since each persona will have a different place they start from. Additionally, there is less of a fear with these types of sites that they will leave since often they have no choice but to stay on the site and figure it out because there is some functional thing they need to get done on it.

  6. Permission to disagree re "no navigation on desktop"…. I'd say most people know what the hamburger icon is for, so it can reduce clutter and provide for a more minimalist look. Depends on the site of course, but certainly not a biggie imho if used correctly…

  7. Love your tips 👍😁 have you experienced at the beginning stage as a freelancer that your client won't listen to you when we tell them that CTA button and simple & clear navigation is important for a website for engagement or conversion? If yes, what did you do at that time?

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