5 things we’re doing differently on website designs now, for agentic AI
If your design only works because a human is patiently sitting there, moving a mouse, waiting for an animation, or remembering what they clicked - it won't work for an agent.
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Lisa Freeman is a web strategist, founder of 18a and fractional Technical Director.
She started her career over 20 years ago as a coder and now is primarily a “communication bridge” between developers (or tools) and clients, explaining complicated web decisions in easy to understand ways.
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If your design only works because a human is patiently sitting there, moving a mouse, waiting for an animation, or remembering what they clicked - it won't work for an agent.
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