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The very best website I have /ever/ seen is Berkshire Hathaway. Why? Because it is precisely fit for purpose. It serves its need perfectly. Likewise, I think m

The very best website I have /ever/ seen is Berkshire Hathaway. Why? Because it is precisely fit for purpose. It serves its need perfectly. Likewise, I think more designers should pay attention to this outline. We would be better served by less decoration and more content. http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

sixtofour 15y ago
"If you have any comments about our WEB page, you can either write us at the address shown above or e-mail us at berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com. However, due to the limited number of personnel in our corporate office, we are unable to provide a direct response." I like the focus that the site implies, and that "limited number of personnel" implies.
crazygringo 15y ago
Purple text for unvisited links (which are normally for visited links), and brighter red text for visited links (which should be less noticeable than unvisited links)? No clear distinction between recent news, and more static, long-term content? 15 links which are completely undifferentiated, uncategorized, and have no visual cues as to how they are related, or their relative importance? No links to the rest of the site from any content pages, so you're forced to use your back button to go to the home page, in order to go anywhere else? Miniscule 10-px link descriptions? Badly designed small caps in the title? I could go on. I share an appreciation for minimalist sites, but this site is horrendously designed. It is not designed well for its purpose at all -- in fact, an initial glance at it gives no indication whatsoever as to its purpose. What you call "decoration" can go overboard, or simply be bad, but much of what non-designers naively assume is mere "decoration" is actually quite functional.
xbryanx 15y ago
Only a company as financially successful as Berkshire Hathaway could get away with this non-existant branding. I doubt people would appreciate this spare design from a consumer level bank.
- spitfire 15y ago
  What do you mean non-existent branding? That simple plain style IS berkshire hathaway's brand. Read some of their annual reports. The website is a further extension of that focus. As are their offices and business style.

sixtofour 15y ago

"If you have any comments about our WEB page, you can either write us at the address shown above or e-mail us at berkshire@berkshirehathaway.com. However, due to the limited number of personnel in our corporate office, we are unable to provide a direct response." I like the focus that the site implies, and that "limited number of personnel" implies.

crazygringo 15y ago

Purple text for unvisited links (which are normally for visited links), and brighter red text for visited links (which should be less noticeable than unvisited links)? No clear distinction between recent news, and more static, long-term content? 15 links which are completely undifferentiated, uncategorized, and have no visual cues as to how they are related, or their relative importance? No links to the rest of the site from any content pages, so you're forced to use your back button to go to the home page, in order to go anywhere else? Miniscule 10-px link descriptions? Badly designed small caps in the title? I could go on. I share an appreciation for minimalist sites, but this site is horrendously designed. It is not designed well for its purpose at all -- in fact, an initial glance at it gives no indication whatsoever as to its purpose. What you call "decoration" can go overboard, or simply be bad, but much of what non-designers naively assume is mere "decoration" is actually quite functional.

xbryanx 15y ago

Only a company as financially successful as Berkshire Hathaway could get away with this non-existant branding. I doubt people would appreciate this spare design from a consumer level bank.

spitfire 15y ago
What do you mean non-existent branding? That simple plain style IS berkshire hathaway's brand. Read some of their annual reports. The website is a further extension of that focus. As are their offices and business style.