Because this my blog I feel that I am entitled to voice some of my own personal opinions and peeves about website design. Most of the time I do try to say things that are generally true, however there are some popular website designs that particularly bug me even if they do apparently work.
One of the things that bugs me the most when I open a website is instantly playing an audio file without asking the viewer for permission. Especially if it is a background audio file that can't be turned off. Doing the same thing with a video file can be even worse, especially if it is an add. This almost always irritates me even if it is something like because I was not expecting to listen to it and as I usually have music on anyway it clashes with my music. This attribute is of course understandable on a band or movie website and consequently less irritating there, but I can't understand why any other website would have it.
Another thing that I often find irritating is white backgrounds, it makes the page look like a word document no mater what color the font. In my Opinion even an off white background is better than a white one.
These are of course as I said before my personal pet peeves with websites and if you disagree with them you are welcome to try them out. Just don't expect me to like your site.