Interesting. I would say the GOOD is easily the worst of the bunch, and the REALLY BAD is by far the best. It may be overreaching just a bit, but it's visually

Interesting. I would say the GOOD is easily the worst of the bunch, and the REALLY BAD is by far the best. It may be overreaching just a bit, but it's visually impressive and commands attention. Most users are not minimalist HN nerds. A website for a flashy blockbuster movie that 'puts the content first' and 'gets out of the way' is a terrible website for a flashy blockbuster movie. This isn't to defend over-design or flashy effects when they aren't called for, but sometimes they are called for, and it's an equally poor design decision to go minimal and flat when it's inappropriate. Not every site has the same design goals as a news article or saas landing page.