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First Impressions Count in Website Design

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looking-good dept.

Andy King writes "Web designers have as little as 50 milliseconds to capture the interest of potential customers, according a new report by researchers at Carleton University. Through the halo effect, first impressions can influence subsequent judgments of website credibility and buying decisions."

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  1. But if they don't have broadband... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...you have a whole 50 seconds for them to take the page in as it loads.

    This article has been around so many times I have now thought of something to post against it.

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  2. Ok guys by tannhaus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This had to be on purpose. They're taking the piss with us. No one is that incompetent. They're having a joke at our expense, so just let it ride

  3. It does make me wonder what the editors read by bgfay · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't get how this could happen a third time. Let's hope that this is a joke. Otherwise, it really would make a good topic for the next About Slashdot article. Wow. I've been reading for a long time and haven't seen this happen before. Weird. I think that this is some of the reason why editors and CmdrTaco get so much crap hurled at them. If you give people the ammunition, they're likely to fire it on you sooner or later.

    All that said, it's not the end of the world. It just makes the site look sloppy and haphazard rather than polished. In many ways, it's kind of the stigma that Linux has faced when compared to Windows. Oh well.

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  4. Re:This is NOT a Trupe! RTFA - Original Research by proggoddess · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wouldn't the original article link normally be posted in a Slashback?

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