One thing I used to obsess over when I did freelance web design was getting the design perfect. Every site had to be a work of art...just the right size button

One thing I used to obsess over when I did freelance web design was getting the design perfect. Every site had to be a work of art...just the right size buttons, just the right radius on the round corners, just the right opacity for a drop shadow. Then I realized that for the most part, users don't care. If they did, there wouldn't be so many people using Internet Explorer. And the search engines really don't care (...yet). More important than having a pretty design is having useful and relevant content. Now that I realize that, I take a utilitarian approach to design. As long as the design is clean and the information is presented logically, I don't really stress over design. These days I use a lot of templates from ThemeForest.net, or quickie templates my team in the Philippines can do in about 3 hours for about $12.