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Not to be a troll but the design is terrible sure it's organized (kinda) and headlines have different style, etc... But it's barely readable... It's so busy...
by lpgauth 18y ago
Not to be a troll but the design is terrible sure it's organized (kinda) and headlines have different style, etc...
But it's barely readable... It's so busy...
- unalone 18y agoBut 37signals argues that the busy layout is what makes it thrilling. And they agree up front that it's an ugly site. But they say that that's a part of what makes it so good.
- jonursenbach 18y agoWell if some blowhard at 37signals says its a good site, then I must agree!
- unalone 18y agoNo reason for snark. 37signals never says something without backing themselves up. They gave good logic. And I agree with it, hence my citing it. Hacker News users seem to be getting very determined to be biting and sarcastic with every post. It's getting to be a nuisance. What happened to argument by actually making compelling points, by sitting down and typing out a good argument? I mean, I love angry, sarcastic rants as much as anybody. But HN is a good place because it's got people who're smarter than all that, and where you can argue with people and actually assume that the other person is intelligent. That's falling apart. Can we please stop it?
- a-priori 18y agoI rememembered reading something similar about pizza flyers, so I looked it up: http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002462.html http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002462.ht... They argue that pizza flyers are good design because they all fit the viewer expectations about what a pizza flyer should look like, and that the cluttered layout tells the viewer "we're too busy making cheap pizza to make this thing look better", thus implanting the idea that they're getting cheap pizza. Perhaps a similar phenomenon is at work here?
- unalone 18y agoYeah, very similar. If you make something look stylish and snazzy and they aren't expecting that, then your design is missing out.