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Well, yes it does. - Assuming it's the first time someone visits the site, he has to know that what he wants is to be found there. That requires design. - Som
by mixmax 17y ago
Well, yes it does.
- Assuming it's the first time someone visits the site, he has to know that what he wants is to be found there. That requires design.
- Someone new to your site will give it roughly 1 second before he decides whether it is any good or not. I'm not making this up, it's been proved in many studies. Taht's design.
- If you're selling something, physical bits or thoughts, you need to convey trust in what you're selling. That's design.
Not that when I talk about design here I'm not so much talking about nice colors and fancy gif's but more about things like overall style, usability, etc.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoTo add to what max is saying, I've read that we think of sites as a kind of book that the user is going to take their time reading. So we fill them up with directories, gizmos, lots of information. We assume an information-dense page is worth more than a sparse page. In actuality, web sites are much more like billboards that people pass by on the highway. If you get 1 or 2 seconds of quality interaction time, you're ahead of the game. I've heard of designers literally squinting their eyes and walking by a monitor quickly to test what kind of impression the site has on the new viewer. For most sites, it's not so good.