The difference between the study of Fine Arts and the study of
Design is that design is functional. It serves a purpose.Web
design with it's roots in programming, is more like architecture
than graphics. This differentiation is a key aspect that is
missing from web design as a budding design field. Many
designers are artists, and still focus on 'cool looking',
totally ignoring function, interactivity and technology
architecture. RULE 1:Understand your target market then focus
design and layout around their needs and interestsToo many sites
today are designed to impress the boss, or to show off the
skills of the graphics department rather than to convey
interesting and timely information to a potential customer.This
seemingly simple idea has far-reaching consequences for web page
design and layout. For example, of the perhaps two million
people who have some level of access to the World Wide Web, it's
apparent from analysis that the majority are on slow
connections, and indeed a surprisingly sizable majority (