How to Make Your Web Design Stand out from the Crowd

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by GVRV • 17 years ago

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timmaah2• 17 years ago

Those all look like vanity sites to me. What are you selling? The site or the product?

mcav• 17 years ago

Web designers are selling their ability to create sites... that is their product.

timmaah2• 17 years ago

Most of those sites are not for web designers.

The one I clicked on to view was a retail outlet in the northeast. The site was all flash and took over 2 minutes to load with no options to skip. That stands out in a bad way.

TrevorJ• 17 years ago

To respond to the criticisms of these sites - audience has a LOT to do with it. Visual and artistic-types gravitate towards very different design values. Depending on what you want the site to do, and for whom, these sites could very well be just the sort of thing you need. The broader the audience, the less 'design-y' you should make your site. Google is a great example. They cater to everyone by using a design which doesn't say too much and is informed 100% by the core function of the site.

redorb• 17 years ago

As long as stand out means - that they don't follow the grid system (not saying they have to); but are also poor in usability and ... last but not least - so far outside the box they look like they tried too hard...

No thanks, I'll take a working commerce site of a trendy one every day.

le_dominator• 17 years ago

So in other words, actually be a designer rather than a programmer parading around as one? Masquerading under the "cloak of usability" is no substitute for actually being creative. It is, however, a framework for bureaucratic meddling and covering your ass for a lack of talent.

How to Make Your Web Design Stand out from the Crowd

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