Comments on: Thought for the day http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/ blog designer Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: nate http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 nate Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:35:59 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1517 I disagree. I think it's more like "the bigger the ego of the person who decides what goes on the home page, the more complex it is." I've seen many sites which have big egos (either for themselves or for their companies) behind them. It gives way to the "Hey everyone, come see how good I look" syndrome, thus propagating the complexity of the homepage because they have to smash the first-time visitor in the face with all their coolness. Those who are comfy cozy in their (or their company's) focus get to be simple. Try to be (or think you are) all things to all people and you become nothing to everyone. I disagree.

I think it’s more like “the bigger the ego of the person who decides what goes on the home page, the more complex it is.”

I’ve seen many sites which have big egos (either for themselves or for their companies) behind them. It gives way to the “Hey everyone, come see how good I look” syndrome, thus propagating the complexity of the homepage because they have to smash the first-time visitor in the face with all their coolness.

Those who are comfy cozy in their (or their company’s) focus get to be simple. Try to be (or think you are) all things to all people and you become nothing to everyone.

]]> By: Chetan http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Chetan Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:34:39 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1525 Ya thats quite athentic Ya thats quite athentic

]]> By: Labnotes » Rounded Corners - 54 http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 Labnotes » Rounded Corners - 54 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:45:05 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1524 [...] Quote of the day. Rachel Cunliffe: “The bigger the organisation, the more complex the homepage.” And yes, Google is the counter example, otherwise we wouldn’t mention them ad nauseum. [...] [...] Quote of the day. Rachel Cunliffe: “The bigger the organisation, the more complex the homepage.” And yes, Google is the counter example, otherwise we wouldn’t mention them ad nauseum. [...]

]]> By: John Labriola http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 John Labriola Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:04:53 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1523 The more people who will want something from their "division" on that homepage. The more people who have to approve the design and hence personalities to deal with. Ah the list goes on... But hey sometimes it ain't so bad. As for Google, I think they are having a rough time trying to incorporate all their "apps." Same with Yahoo... The more people who will want something from their “division” on that homepage.

The more people who have to approve the design and hence personalities to deal with. Ah the list goes on…

But hey sometimes it ain’t so bad. As for Google, I think they are having a rough time trying to incorporate all their “apps.” Same with Yahoo…

]]> By: Robin Capper http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 Robin Capper Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:51:44 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1522 Complex is one annoyance but, as a blogger, my pet hate is sites that have no page structure that allows direct linking/permalinks. I'm not going to link to your site if you serve content in a nested page or "Flash container" so it's not possible to link directly. Complex is one annoyance but, as a blogger, my pet hate is sites that have no page structure that allows direct linking/permalinks.

I’m not going to link to your site if you serve content in a nested page or “Flash container” so it’s not possible to link directly.

]]> By: Eolaí gan Fhéile http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 Eolaí gan Fhéile Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:38:31 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1521 True on Google. The UN is another exception - even if you discount the homepage as a splash page for language choice, the internal homepage in English is nicely simple. True on Google.

The UN is another exception – even if you discount the homepage as a splash page for language choice, the internal homepage in English is nicely simple.

]]> By: Darren http://www.cre8d-design.com/2006/10/thought-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 Darren Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:20:12 +0000 http://www.cre8d-design.com/wordpress/2006/10/23/thought-for-the-day/#comment-1520 yeah - google came to mind for me too :-) But they are in the minority. yeah – google came to mind for me too :-)

But they are in the minority.

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