mivox - 2:23 am on Mar 18, 2001 (gmt 0)

From the 'mystery meat' link above:

"Web design is not about art, it's about making money. To make money, you don't want to design a site that might confuse someone."

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I must say: BULLSH*T! Web design is about achieving whatever purpose a given site has. I've seen a number of interesting and entertaining sites who's purpose WAS about art... and some of them used Flash animation to beautiful effect.

My personal website is about keeping me entertained, and giving me a venue to vent whatever inspiration I find that I can't use professionally. If I ever learn Flash, my personal site will have a large Flash gallery.

IF (and only if) a site IS about making money, then definitely skip the cryptic navigation iconography, skip the gratuitous Flash intro, skip the large images and animation. If a site is about being straightforward and informative, skip all the flashy stuff as well (unless a well animated diagram will REALLY help make your point).

But good lord, if web design were ONLY about making money.... what a tremendously dreary place the web would be. Imagine all of the internet being nothing but a giant shopping mall!
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::slinks back into corner::
Y'all have to 'scuse the temper... I'm trying to quit smoking.