I'm a minimalist but I don't think that well designed necessitates "mostly text." The main concepts that I look for are: - Speed / performance - does the web

I'm a minimalist but I don't think that well designed necessitates "mostly text." The main concepts that I look for are: - Speed / performance - does the website load and finish rendering quickly? - Focus - does the website guide my eye & attention to the most important/relevant information first? Or does it instead distract me with superfluous information. - Accessibility - This is a broad topic that doesn't just only mean "friendly for screen-readers." It includes things like: is the website easy to read and navigate? Does it not interfere with native browser functionality (websites that prevent the right-click context menu or do not play nicely with the back button are not accessible IMO). This is all in addition to being accessible for special needs users. - Intent - similar to focus but more specific to message and communication: do I immediately understand the purpose of this website and what value it offers me? A lot of marketing websites, IMO, completely fail on this point for me. There's probably more, but I think the above describes the general categories. As I try to think through other examples they tend to fit nicely as a sub-point/example of one of the above.