[pyronite]

> I think it is a mistake to concentrate on clean design on a search engine until the searching algorithm is not that good.

The team focusing on the design is, I'm sure, not the same team focusing on the search algorithm. I don't see any reason why the design team should stop improvements because of the search algorithm.

[Walkman]

I general if the money is spent on design but the functionality is not quite there yet, that money is not very well spent...

[frabcus]

Downvoted, as that is a misunderstanding that design is neither just on the surface, nor underneath. It pervades all the way through. You have to iteratively improve it all.