In The End
We have shown the new 9rules (coming April 30th) to a number of people and suprisingly some of them came back with the reaction that it is the best one yet. I know it is good, but calling it the best one can hinder on a couple of factors. It is completely different from the current version so maybe people always think this way with a fresh design.
However, I remember the same reaction coming from people when we showed them Chawlk for the first time as well and I came to realize something that is pretty obvious. When it comes to websites, in the end people just want a design that stays out of the way, easy to look at and clean. It really is that simple.
Yes there should be some design touches that make the site standout from others, but in the end people just want to use the site. You ever go to Reddit and think those people complain about how plain the site is? I don’t often see it and when there were proposed design changes to spice things up, it looked like there was going to be a revolt.
This is by no means supposed to shy designers away from going balls out on a design, just realize that after the awards are handed out and you added the site to your portfolio, will it matter if nobody uses it? It seems as though the greatest designs never get used or is it that the greatest designs do get used and the prettiest ones just get added to galleries?
I love sites that look good. I appall sites that look like garbage. I respect sites that get all the money and traffic. I hate sites that get all the money and traffic and make my eyes bleed.
How many video games have you played that when all the technical achievements for their graphics and game of the year awards for their gameplay?
Again I don’t advocate plain design, far from it. As people who create websites though we have to remember what happens in the end: people just use our sites to use our sites.
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