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"Splash pages are the pages that the user sees before they actually get to a website; typically, they're flash and offer some kind of introductory animation. The user clicks "Skip Intro" or "Enter Site" and from there is taken to the site." Here is a good article on why splash pages can be a bad thing.

Here's a brief look at some problems with the new Internet Explorer Browers (IE7), spotlighting some areas and features that may pose problems to developers, as well as tools available to help with application development. This is a pretty technical article but it might help you understand some of the problems that your web site might be forced to deal with.

Although he can be criticised for not always practicing what he preaches, Jakob Nielsen is still one of the gurus of usability. In this introduction to usability he explains what usability is and why you should care.

I appreciate when clients come to me with their ideas, but once I start work, I prefer they not get too involved. But how do I say this without sounding insulting?

When too many people get involved in the creative process, especially modifying and tweaking a design, they usually create something horrendous: originality and cohesion are sacrificed for a bland pastiche of blinking graphics and sloppy markup.

Here’s a great article that describes the inverse relationships in web design between time and number of “designers” involved and quality of the final product.

This article about usability from webpronews.com asks "Given the many excellent reasons to make provisions for disabled users when creating a web site, why do so many professionals in the web design industry ignore this important facet of the online community?"

There are a lot of reasons to be in favour of web standards - they ensure that your web site is more accessible, easier to manage and, usually, faster to download. But there are many misconceptions about how to apply web standards when creating a web site. Here's a good article about 9 Ways to Misunderstand Web Standards.