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Success != a great product. Often times users have no choice but to use the only choice. That's like saying people choose Comcast because it's a great product.
by ryanSrich 12y ago
Success != a great product.
Often times users have no choice but to use the only choice. That's like saying people choose Comcast because it's a great product. No. People choose Comcast because it's the only product.
Craigslist became popular at a time when thoughtful UI design wasn't repeated or regarded as necessary.
- angersock 12y agoYou know, I'm not sure I want to take advice about what makes a great product from somebody whose own homepage fails to properly hyperlink to their own projects. Sure looks like good design though. Pity about the functionality. :P
- carrotleads 12y agoWhy is craigslist still popular when there are better looking sites around? Why are sites like HN and the one linked earlier following a similar style. Cause core of design != look which is how the 3 apps mentioned above seemed to be looking at. Function needs to be the core of design.
- ryanSrich 12y agoBecause all of those sites are established and have unparalleled content. There are no competitors to those websites.
- carrotleads 12y agoestablished sites with good content go out of business day in and day out... that happens when they don't have a good functional design and when better options come along. If they are the only game in town, then I will put up with bad functional design and if needed crawl on my knees to solve a problem of mine. I remember years back trawling through multiple expertsexchange pages to solve some coding issues.. Now I don't as better options have come along... Why is the same not happening with craigslist, cause they do the basic job well.. have a functional designed site which solves peoples problem easily.
- jimmaswell 12y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9378532