Debbie_King - 4:34 pm on Dec 15, 2004 (gmt 0)

Why is it always the web designer who gets blamed for "bad" web site design, rather than the customer who specified to the person who was designing their site exactly what they wanted?

I have done several sites for customers - they are paying me, so I have to do the sites exactly to their (sometimes appalling) specifications. It's no good pointing out to them that something is bad design, e.g. a hit counter - if they WANT a hit counter on their page, then I just have to give them a hit counter.

Some of the sites I've done I would CRINGE if anyone ever associated them with me, but at the end of the day I've got a happy customer who thinks I've done a good job for them.