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That's the point of the post: the newspond interface sacrifices usability for beauty.

• jacobolus 18y ago
  No. The newspond interface is an ugly interface because "beauty" in design is about understanding the content. Newspond's creator shows no understanding of information design.
  • ericwaller 18y ago
    That may be your understanding of "beauty," but it's not the author's. It's not worth arguing semantics, substitute "prettiness" if it makes you feel better.
    • jacobolus 18y ago
      It’s not “pretty” either. Perhaps “gaudy” or “пошлость” (Russian for “pretentious banality”) is the word you’re looking for? (Edward Tufte has a graphic: http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/images/0002uN-5267.jpg http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/images/0002uN-5267.jpg )
• mikeryan 18y ago
  Not exactly how I read it but close enough - point I'm making is that the two are not mutually exclusive and the newspond interface doesn't "sacrifice" usability - it just doesn't implement do what needs to be done to make it both usable and pretty. The reason the post sucks is because he just says "pretty bad - usable good" which is just a crap argument - do both.