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In some respects, it is more important, and I say this as someone who is more of a server-side guy. Regardless of how scalable your data system is, and how sec
by mgkimsal 13y ago
In some respects, it is more important, and I say this as someone who is more of a server-side guy. Regardless of how scalable your data system is, and how secure your code is, if the front-end that people use looks like crap, they will not use it, and they'll use some other garbage system that exposes their data and crashes regularly, but it feels nice.
Looking good is important at the start of the experience, otherwise there won't be a long term relationship to demonstrate the awesomeness of the rest of the system.
- palakchokshi 13y agoHe said "much more important". Sorry but that's just not true. Secondly I present to you http://sfbay.craigslist.org http://sfbay.craigslist.org https://news.ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
- mgkimsal 13y agothose are outliers, and have a network effect ('moat'?) around them that ensures the game is theirs to lose. CL and Wikipedia started over a decade ago - anyone trying to get any sort of mindshare in those markets would not succeed without something that had a design (visual and ux flow) that was appealing to the users. In rare instances that might be barebones plaintext, but in most cases it won't be.