Posted by Greg N. on 05/08/06 00:30

Michael Laplante wrote:

> I've been to business sites that blow me away with their
> creativity and design using all these techniques and more -- I return to
> them repeatedly just to admire them.

To each his own.

I visit sites solely for their content value, nothing else.

> Advertising and market awareness works on the principle of
> repetition so these website are doing what good
> advertising should do.

Repetition? I don't see how this relates to this discussion. You mean
visual pizazz? Well, if you have a customer who wants that and pays for
it, by all means take the money, make them a glitzy web site and the
hell with accessability.

I'm not saying that pizazz and glitter are the main ingredients of good
advertizing, though, but if that's what your particular client wants,
fine.

> On the other hand some of the sites designed by some in this
> ng (no names)-- well, they are so plain that I wouldn't
> bookmark them in a thousand years.

This prompted me to go through my bookmarks. I would say, of the 500
bookmarks I have, 80% are plain and bland, but the carry the content I
need.

I used to have sites in my bookmarks that I referenced quite often -
until they changed to a colorful, "innovative", graphic, flashy, and
slowly-loading design. Whenever this happens, I look for alternatives.

Can we see a few of you web sites? I'd love to know whether they're
worth a bookmark of mine.

> Also, for certain sites -- entertainment sites primarily -- the medium IS
> the message so the look becomes rather more important than the text.

Entertainment? Lets see, what "entertainment" sites do I use? Movie
reviews, music reviews, music downloads, photo albums, travel reports.
In all cases, the content is what counts.

I think "the medium IS the message" is only true for sites that have
*no* message. I can do without them.

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