The viewer should be able to navigate to a desired location within two or three clicks. Links should be readily available to products, people, feedback and all main sections. Microsoft Web page editors, such as FrontPage, have some issues with Netscape Navigator and other browsers. A site that looks good in Explorer may have problems in Netscape and vice versa. Look at the finalist sites on different browsers, different browser versions and old and new computers.
Surveyed viewers comment that slow loading sites are one of their top frustrations.
A site should be attractive, but still load quickly. If your area of practice is family, look at finalist sites on dial-up, 28.8 baud modems. If your market is corporate, loading time is important, but not as critical. Go to legal Web sites that you like and click on the designer s name at the bottom. Many designers have prices on their Web sites.