Comments on: What is Web Design? http://experiencecurve.com/archives/what-is-web-design Social Media and New Marketing Strategy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Collagist http://experiencecurve.com/archives/what-is-web-design#comment-2679 Collagist Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:21:56 +0000 http://experiencecurve.com/archives/what-is-web-design#comment-2679 The fact that the web design has to establish an identity and retain it while gracefully changing is so very much apt here. I believe the conflict and the challenge lies in managing the change while satisfying the internal and external agents. To take some of the attributes that Mr. Zeldman mentioned, the challenge is to create pages that are distinctive and quietly but unmistakably engaging. The fact that the web design has to establish an identity and retain it while gracefully changing is so very much apt here. I believe the conflict and the challenge lies in managing the change while satisfying the internal and external agents. To take some of the attributes that Mr. Zeldman mentioned, the challenge is to create pages that are distinctive and quietly but unmistakably engaging.

]]> By: Kevin Jessop http://experiencecurve.com/archives/what-is-web-design#comment-2665 Kevin Jessop Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:28:48 +0000 http://experiencecurve.com/archives/what-is-web-design#comment-2665 "Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity." I wish more websites did that. There seems to be a lot of sacrifice in terms of usability in favor of design. I think a lot of website designers/marketing boffins forget that the website is there to encourage interaction with users - regardless of the specific objectives of the website. I'd love to see "award winning design" not simply focusing on the outer shell of a website - the foundations are what counts, because if they're weak then the website is nothing more than a pretty picture. “Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity.”

I wish more websites did that. There seems to be a lot of sacrifice in terms of usability in favor of design. I think a lot of website designers/marketing boffins forget that the website is there to encourage interaction with users - regardless of the specific objectives of the website.

I’d love to see “award winning design” not simply focusing on the outer shell of a website - the foundations are what counts, because if they’re weak then the website is nothing more than a pretty picture.

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