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by abraxasz
4605 days ago
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I think a more relevant question should be: is a certain degree of "formulaicity" desirable or not? I believe that it is, yes. When I browse a website for the first time, I like it when it's clean and unoriginal in its presentation. First, I can find my way quickly, and second (maybe it's just an illusion) I find it less mentality taxing. A lot of startups adopt a layout similar to that presented in the article for their website, which makes it easier to know quickly what's going on. Is it bad from a differentiation/branding point of view? Maybe, I don't know. I don't think I'm very sensitive to this, but this might be a very important point. Take worrydream.com for instance. I checked it out yesterday, and the content of the website is absolutely fantastic (I'm a new fan of Bret Victor). But the website's design is very, very original, and it took me some time to get used to it. This is not to say that it's not good. It's different. And different requires efforts (well worth it in this case). |
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Mobile First is not the problem, lazyness it.
And i agree about brand, and design in general, if i have to chose between 2 products with the same spec/ prices/user support:
- I will chose the one with a design I can remember. Not the one which look like a generic bootstrap design with POMO colors.
Webdesigners , used to seek experimentation , uniqueness , wow effect. While i dont care about the wow effect of a dashboard in a CRUD admin, seems to me that today's web is mostly boring and developpers are today's designers, and marketing is in charge of ergonomy( a forgotten word these days ).
About worrydream , while i'm not a fan of the design, I visited the website a few years ago and still remember it !
HOWEVER
Lot of wow and experimentation on mobile platerforms like IOS or Android,in native apps, with innovative touch interfaces, and risky designs , i like it.