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Social proof seems more important in the US than in Europe. Also, whether designers deserve blame or not is irrelevant. What the practice does is turn away pote
by Spearchucker 13y ago
Social proof seems more important in the US than in Europe. Also, whether designers deserve blame or not is irrelevant. What the practice does is turn away potential visitors[1]/customers[2]. If a business is ok with that, well, then... really?
[1] Google displays a get Chrome message every time I visit Google.com.
[2] Apple's product pages work best in Safari. How's that going to help win over the die-hard Windows users?
- nicholassmith 13y agoIt wasn't an Apple product page, it was an Apple HTML5 tech demo they'd crafted around Safari to show off what Safari could do. So it wasn't necessarily about turning away customers, it was about showing off.