There is a vital ingredient in web design which is never mentioned by guys like this : IMAGE. There are many web sites which sell nothing but image - no products, no marketing: just image. Such a site is:
http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/Flash.html It suffers from many of the criticisms: text too small, if you don't have ADSL you can see the flash loading, etc, but boy - what a site! It all fits in an 800 by 600 browser, and the amount of information contained in there is fantastic. Just compare it to the average three column, totally cluttered, masses of information 'in your face' kind of site which puts me off straight away . But all it this site sells is the IMAGE of the architect Sir Norman Foster's company. And there is a valid place for that on the web. Furthermore, ALL web sites should reflect the image of the company/organisation/whatever it is selling. Selling the company is the first step in selling the product. And you do that by developing/emphasising the image. Just my 2p's worth. Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stevio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Web Standards Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:49 PM Subject: [WSG] Mystical belief in the power of Web Standards, Usability, and tableless CSS > Interesting thoughts from Vincent Flanders: > http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/biggest-web-design-mistakes-in-2004.html > > Go to number 3: Mystical belief in the power of Web Standards, Usability, > and tableless CSS > > What do you think? > > Stephen > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.18 - Release Date: 19/04/2005 > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
