Comments on: Why I Value Design http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/why-i-value-design-217/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:52:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter Flaschner http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/why-i-value-design-217/comment-page-1/#comment-333584 Peter Flaschner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://workboxers.com/?p=77#comment-333584 Paul, I've been saying the same thing about design and blogs for some time now - both on my own site and elsewhere. I'm coming at this from a designer's perspective, and it amazes me that SO many of the top blogs are as horribly designed as they are. I started to write a 4 part design review of the design of the top ten blogs (according to technorati). I made it through 3 entries, but I stopped before finishing. The reason? It was depressing. One can get away with bad design now, but only if you already have a huge amount of traffic. There is no way badly designed sites will be able to earn their keep if this growth curve keeps up. It's just like the early days of the web... Peter ps, personally, I liked the fixed position layout better - it was a nice change. Paul,

I’ve been saying the same thing about design and blogs for some time now – both on my own site and elsewhere.

I’m coming at this from a designer’s perspective, and it amazes me that SO many of the top blogs are as horribly designed as they are. I started to write a 4 part design review of the design of the top ten blogs (according to technorati). I made it through 3 entries, but I stopped before finishing. The reason? It was depressing.

One can get away with bad design now, but only if you already have a huge amount of traffic. There is no way badly designed sites will be able to earn their keep if this growth curve keeps up. It’s just like the early days of the web…

Peter

ps, personally, I liked the fixed position layout better – it was a nice change.

]]> By: Scrivs http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/why-i-value-design-217/comment-page-1/#comment-333585 Scrivs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://workboxers.com/?p=77#comment-333585 A majority of the top blogs in Technorati were there from the beginning to they had first-mover advantage in the sense that there not that many quality blogs to begin with. I agree now though having a horrid design can be a major setback on your road to popularity. As for the current design, it's a placeholder as I have got a designer working on something new. A majority of the top blogs in Technorati were there from the beginning to they had first-mover advantage in the sense that there not that many quality blogs to begin with. I agree now though having a horrid design can be a major setback on your road to popularity.

As for the current design, it’s a placeholder as I have got a designer working on something new.

]]> By: Ryan Latham http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/why-i-value-design-217/comment-page-1/#comment-333586 Ryan Latham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://workboxers.com/?p=77#comment-333586 Paul, I agree with you a lot on this...I just did something that is totally out of the norm for me...I made a design for 2 sites. I took this post into consideration when making the template, and I took a lot of what you are doing with the network into consideration. Visitors can find my entries about these topics on my blogs; not going to plug them here. But yeah, click my link :x Paul, I agree with you a lot on this…I just did something that is totally out of the norm for me…I made a design for 2 sites.

I took this post into consideration when making the template, and I took a lot of what you are doing with the network into consideration. Visitors can find my entries about these topics on my blogs; not going to plug them here. But yeah, click my link :x

]]> By: Adam Lyttle http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/why-i-value-design-217/comment-page-1/#comment-333587 Adam Lyttle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://workboxers.com/?p=77#comment-333587 4. A visitor comes from slashdot and finds the article interesting. So they add forevergeek to their live bookmarks in firefox. That's how it happened for me. I really don't like the design of ForeverGeek, too bland for my liking. It needs some character. But at the same time, the Slashdot site doesn't win any points for design. It's all about the content. 4. A visitor comes from slashdot and finds the article interesting. So they add forevergeek to their live bookmarks in firefox.

That’s how it happened for me. I really don’t like the design of ForeverGeek, too bland for my liking. It needs some character.

But at the same time, the Slashdot site doesn’t win any points for design. It’s all about the content.

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