Website UX checklist

When building a website:

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• Displayed URLs (especially in user-generated content) should automatically become clickable links. Typically the links should open in another window, so that the user is not taken away from your website.
• Be sure that text is legible:
  • Do not display dim text on a dark background.
  • Do not display grey text on grey.
  • Do not display light text on a light background.

Examples:

Icons

Icons are fun, but most people don't know what your icons mean. Use icons with titles:

Don't use icons without titles. If you must, use tooltips. This website used neither: