David Savage ozsavage at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 00:44:17 EDT 2007


On 4/4/07, Mark Roberts <msroberts01 at ysu.edu> wrote:
> David Savage wrote:
>
> >if you want people to view your images and make comments, you
> >shouldn't piss them off with a shithouse presentation. Web design 101.
>
> I think I'll simplify (and sanitize!) that and use it in my web design
> class:
> "if you want people to view your web pages, you shouldn't piss them off"

Feel free. The Savage principal has a nice ring to it :-)

Also it was late, I was tired & cranky. My apologies to the list for
my potty mouth.

> Says it all, really. But you'd be surprised how many real web designers
> don't get it.

As sometimes happens, you can get so wrapped up in a project, and
showing how innovative you can be,  that sometimes you get carried
away and put in unnecessary flashy things when simple works and looks
better.

We sometimes suffer from that in the design office I work in.

Cheers,

Dave



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