How do you evaluate a web site?
apsurd: Neat, organized, simple, clear, understandable, scoped, engaging.-- Neat and organized.Messy and chaotic looking websites turn me off. Everyone has their idea of "style" but if it feels like I have to make effort to digest any kind of content, its a huge turn off. Being organized and tidy solves this problem more times than not.-- Simple, Clear and Understandable.Language is beautiful. Conveying concepts whether in words, pictures, video, etc, is hard. Websites that don't give a crap about the quality of their message turn me off, if they don't care, why should I?-- Scoped.I have mentioned how important scoping is in a couple of "review my website" posts. It has to do with how organization is displayed and sorted within your website. A nice example of proper scoping is stack overflow, and it takes tons of work. Stackoverflow has a "global" page where questions from all categories are sorted by votes, time, and responses. Drilling down into a specific tag or category narrows the scope of the information you see. All the filters and sorting work on a unified interface but only the scope changes. Lots of websites have scoping problems. Why are weirdo arbitrary global links/functions contained on a side navigation when I am in a particular subset of the site/data?Headers, footers, left/right panels can all be designed to reflect proper scope. Maybe you want global stuff present everywhere. Well make the container clearly and consistently represent a global interface. Don't use things for both just for the hell of it.-- Engaging.Hard to explain possibly, but I like to think that a website has its doors open and it looks like people are actively enjoying themselves inside. You would not paint your local ice cream shop entirely black, board up all the windows, close the door, and expect people to feel welcomed.I personally like minimalistic design, but that does not mean I don't use and like sites like http://wufoo.comOk thats all!