Does anyone have personal website pet peeves?

[sloth_army1]

Recently I've spent a lot of time browsing websites just by going through webrings, and it is kind of annoying to me how many of them you have to go searching for. I'm fine if it's on your main page, or if you have a clearly labeled page for your webrings or links, but I've seen a lot of websites where I go through the whole site looking at all of their stuff only to realize that I never once saw the webring I know they are a part of and I have to go on a scavenger hunt finding it.

I'm definitely guilty of some of the things pointed out here. Basically every image on my website is bigger than it should be. I also should really look into more readable fonts for different parts of my website, because right now it is not very accessible for people with dyslexia.

[dogbrain]

a more minor one is the weird animosity towards mobile users it feels like some people have? I dont think theres anything wrong for having your website built for your computer and your computer alone, but i sometimes get the vibe that some people are a little antagonistic towards people who are on the indie web on their phone - like not everyone has a computer yknow? idk

i noticed this too!!! i'm so glad you pointed this out.... i mostly see lighthearted ribbing rather than genuine malice, but it does put me off when i see the latter. i understand wanting your site to be viewed the way it was intended, but you gotta remember over 50% of people browse the net with their phones nowadays to me, that alone makes it more than worth doing the bare minimum to make your site mobile-accessible (which, often, is as easy as including <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> between your head tags!)

[sunnyp4rk]

Funny, I was actually typing out a rant earlier about how so much of the indie web is inaccessible in many forms (specifically about sites where content is blocked by divs and images and hard to access. If I can zoom out and see all of the content, I still consider that to be accessible). Like, I primarily use my laptop, but if I'm at work, I'll use my phone, and many sites are unintelligible on mobile.

Really, the big pet peeve I have is the flashing lights and images. I'm not epileptic, nor am I photosensitive, but so many sites give me a headache when I visit them.