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Graphic design, if your concept or implementation is really stellar. Google and Reddit get by just fine. I've noticed that sites such as Digg will actually redu

by Raphael 19y ago

Graphic design, if your concept or implementation is really stellar. Google and Reddit get by just fine. I've noticed that sites such as Digg will actually reduce graphics when redesigning the page, reducing clutter and bandwidth at the same time. That is, as long as your target audience isn't primarily composed of Apple users. Then it's graphics all the way!

yan 19y ago
''Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,'' says Steve Jobs, Apple's C.E.O. ''People think it's this veneer -- that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.'' http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D8113BF933A05752C1A9659C8B63 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D8113BF...
- mynameishere 19y ago
  He specified "Graphic Design" and there he is probably right, if only because your typical hacker will un-self-consciously design a graphical monstrosity. My answer to the OP's question is: "Everything outside your core competence". It's relative, of course...
- attack 19y ago
  With the lavish resources they can throw at any project, it seems hardly appropriate for us to try to develop like them.
jrockway 19y ago
The best design is one you don't notice. To make a page look simple and "good", you need a skilled designer. One data point -- I'm not a skilled designer and have tried to "keep things simple". My sites still end up looking like crap :) That is why I let the designers design, though. Making something complex is easy. Making something simple is hard.
- asdflkj 19y ago
  People often say that what they design ends up looking like crap. But that's like saying that your program "ends up" working like crap. If it's not good enough, all it means is it's unfinished.
brlewis 19y ago
It isn't just a matter of who your target audience is. It's also what their relationship is to the information you're managing. More detail than you probably want re. my struggle with this issue can be found here: http://ourdoings.com/2008-02-12 http://ourdoings.com/2008-02-12

by Raphael 19y ago

yan 19y ago

''Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,'' says Steve Jobs, Apple's C.E.O. ''People think it's this veneer -- that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.'' http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D8113BF933A05752C1A9659C8B63 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D8113BF...

mynameishere 19y ago
He specified "Graphic Design" and there he is probably right, if only because your typical hacker will un-self-consciously design a graphical monstrosity. My answer to the OP's question is: "Everything outside your core competence". It's relative, of course...
attack 19y ago
With the lavish resources they can throw at any project, it seems hardly appropriate for us to try to develop like them.

jrockway 19y ago

The best design is one you don't notice. To make a page look simple and "good", you need a skilled designer. One data point -- I'm not a skilled designer and have tried to "keep things simple". My sites still end up looking like crap :) That is why I let the designers design, though. Making something complex is easy. Making something simple is hard.

asdflkj 19y ago
People often say that what they design ends up looking like crap. But that's like saying that your program "ends up" working like crap. If it's not good enough, all it means is it's unfinished.

brlewis 19y ago

It isn't just a matter of who your target audience is. It's also what their relationship is to the information you're managing. More detail than you probably want re. my struggle with this issue can be found here: http://ourdoings.com/2008-02-12 http://ourdoings.com/2008-02-12