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I don't get it. Why does Joel Spolsky spend so much time on the look and beauty of his office, but allow his websites and products to be so horribly ugly? It a
by dcurtis 18y ago
I don't get it. Why does Joel Spolsky spend so much time on the look and beauty of his office, but allow his websites and products to be so horribly ugly?
It appears he treats his programmers like royalty, but where are the UI designers? This is painfully evident in the look of FogBugz and other software from Fog Creek.
- iamelgringo 18y agoHe's making a killing with his "ugly" products and had 17x revenue growth in 5 years. I'm sure if he could charge an extra $100 per license, he'd make the software prettier. As it is, he primarily sells bug tracking software to Windows programmers. It's not exactly a sexy, design driven business.
- dcurtis 18y agoIt doesn't matter that the target audience works on Windows. That's no excuse to make hideous looking software. The argument he uses for creating a great environment for his programmers works the same way regarding his software-- creating a really nice place for his customers to work will hopefully make them happier.