Interesting and honest blog entry about why “pretty” isn’t necessarily better for websites.

“… design and usability do not go hand in hand. In fact, I’d throw out that your usability expert should (if possible) not have any design talent WHATSOEVER… Designers have too much emotional bias towards pretty things. This seems akin to the rule of having someone on staff who is a dedicated bug tester (who has NOTHING to do with the programming effort).”

Not that ours don’t need any help. Intentionally making (or leaving) design ugly doesn’t work either. Making them simple and easy to use does.

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