Lesson 17:Designing for the Real World

In previous lessons, you learned about what you should and shouldn’t do when you plan your website and design your pages. You also learned about what makes a good or bad website. There’s another important factor that you should take into consideration, and that’s how to design your pages for the real world.

You’ve already learned that the real world consists of many different users with many different computer systems who use many different browsers. Some of the things we haven’t yet addressed, however, are the many different preferences and experience levels that the visitors to your site will have. By anticipating these real-world needs, you can better judge how you should design your pages. I’ll ...

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