PCInk - 1:36 pm on Dec 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

8. Products Sorted Only by Brand
Unless you sell spare parts? I don't want to see Pioneer parts when I am looking for a spare part for a Kenwood stereo, for example. Every case has it's exception.

10. Pages That Link to Themselves
Let's think of a website - say webmasterworld.com. I don't know if you've ever done what I do, but click on recent posts - wait for 30 seconds and click on recent posts (again). There - a page that links to itself - perfect in the situation - used as a refresh button. Every case has it's exception. And it makes it a nightmare for those who use templates/parsing/SSI/Dynamic(using modular programming design) navigation sites to actually implement.

Every case has it's exception - what this guy is talking about is a generalisation. Some of the points he makes are valid, but may not be the best for the site you are working on. It is up to you to decide if you follow his guidance (not rules) and if you decide that you are not going to follow his guides, then make sure you have a valid counter-argument, relevant to your site, before dismissing the ideas.

P.S. Hey Mr UseIt.com, at least we have decent navigation!