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By: Eight Black » Blog Archive » Taguchi Site Launches (At 80%)

Eight Black » Blog Archive » Taguchi Site Launches (At 80%) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:20:15 +0000

[...] thought I had better keep true to my word (and recent post) about websites not needing to be perfect in order to launch. So be [...]

By: Simon Chen

Simon Chen — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:16:38 +0000

Pete/Scott - maybe I’m getting grumpy in my old age. Or just plain old intolerant. The thing is this - if you use “evidence” re the web instead of emotion, then generally the decisions are always better. Because its what the user, customer, participant is telling you is right. Or what he/she wants.

Pete, the Citrus site is very slick. Well done.

By: website builder » Blog Archive » Websites Can Never Be Perfect…

website builder » Blog Archive » Websites Can Never Be Perfect… — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:14:53 +0000

[...] Firetown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt never ceases to amaze me. People will live in a house that clearly needs a paint, the spouting could do with a clean, there’s rubbish and crap piled up against the side, the garage is a mess, the kitchen tap leaks and whenever you … [...]

By: Scott Drummond

Scott Drummond — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:33:11 +0000

Hey Simon,

really enjoying the blog. I agree with plenty of what you say here, although I think some of it depends on the type of site you’re developing and what the purpose of the site is.

I’ve posted over at marketingmag.com.au on this, but basically the gist is that I don’t think you can easily separate out design elements and content, as much as that would be much handier. They’re closely linked, and especially for a publisher’s site, I think the design and ‘ease-on-the-eye’ factor are major contributors to driving traffic.

@Pete – As for being too successful after a few months, I can safely say I’m in this for the long haul. The web’s still pretty young, so I think the tendency is for people to measure success over months. Our magazine, Marketing, will celebrate 25 years in print next year, which is a pretty massive achievement. I’m viewing the new site we’re developing as a long-term investment in the Australian marketing community.

The acid test will be to continue to grow the site over the years, not just the months.

By: Marketing » Blog Archive » Website design neurosis

Marketing » Blog Archive » Website design neurosis — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:49:31 +0000

[...] Simon’s most recent post on why websites can never be perfect could have been written for me, as I’ve been managing the redesign of marketingmag.com.au. We’re really lucky over here to have a red hot in-house team, and we’ve spent the last few weeks finalising the page designs. [...]

By: Pete Noble

Pete Noble — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:30:07 +0000

Agreed Simon,

I recently had someone seriously worrying that they would be too successful in the first few months and so were thinking about not going ahead with their eCommerce site! ….too successful…Gimme a break!!

Pete

By: Websites Can Never Be Perfect… | How to make a website

Websites Can Never Be Perfect… | How to make a website — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:07:21 +0000

[...] FSK wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIt never ceases to amaze me. People will live in a house that clearly needs a paint, the spouting could do with a clean, there’s rubbish and crap piled up against the side, the garage is a mess, the kitchen tap leaks and whenever you … [...]

By: Neerav

Neerav — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:29:26 +0000

right on Simon - its the results (sales, leads, email signups etc) that matter

The ridiculous amount of time wasted on pixel perfect designs drove me mad when I used to do freelance XHTML/CSS work for digital agencies - meanwhile they did no IA beforehand or analytics afterwards