Breaking the web in 2014

More site owners are offending the web with their effed-up, bloated javascript-heavy constructions.

These ill-conceived content sites do not provide users with a simple and enjoyable reading experience.

Site developers misuse modern browser technologies in order to show off their alleged technical prowess to their like-minded, dorky web offenders.

We might be better off if we designed sites with minimal HTML and minimal responsive design.

Try designing the site without javascript, or test the site with javascript disabled, and ensure that the site still works with progressive enhancement.

Limit the use of giant images.

Make every image count. Don't use an image just because it looks cool when it has nothing to do with the rest of the content.

Don't break the back button.

Don't create confusing and unfamiliar click/touch actions on links and navigation.

If you can't control yourself, create a frigging native app instead of blanking up the web.

This might make web development boring, but the focus, however, should be on the content and not nifty animations.

I understand that geeks like to incorporate their new skills, but the hip tech-of-the-day should provide value to the end users.

But the web experience is becoming increasingly frustrating. Sites that once worked fine by my standards are now becoming so annoying that I may stop reading them, or I'll read their content only if it's provided in an RSS feed that I can view within my site here.

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