Comments on: Readers Judge Websites in the Blink of an Eye

By: myspace

myspace — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:16:48 +0000

I totally agree with your article it really does matter on the appearence of the design of the site i know myself if i don’t like the way the site looks and the design is not professional then i will move on.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:41:30 +0000

Page load time (speed of your site) and the first impression made by the design — absolutely critical.

By: RonnieSan

RonnieSan — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 06:49:19 +0000

I’ve noticed that a lot of firms or designers tend to combine “Design” with Information Architecture, when in reality they are two different entities.

Design entails the visual look and feel of the site and mainly affects the perceived value of a site whereas Information Architecture is the framework in which the site’s usability is built upon. If we can learn to separate the two concepts, it becomes much easier to task to sell each to the client.

By: Roger Johansson

Roger Johansson — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:09:14 +0000

I think this is very interesting:

These days, enlightened web users want to see a “puritan” approach, Caudron adds. It’s about getting information across in the quickest, simplest way possible

So it’s not about bling bling, it’s about good and efficient design. I think that’s the most important message from this report.

By: Dustin Diaz

Dustin Diaz — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:07:40 +0000

This is currenlty being discussed on a Sitepoint thread that was recently hilighted:
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336457
(Study: Users Form Opinions on Websites in 50 Milliseconds)

By: karmatosed

karmatosed — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:29:24 +0000

Being a solo designer myself in a company that before I turned up though rotating gifs made a website, I really understand the importance of offering clients and employers a quantitive reason for design principles. You can prove it in the field – just managed to prove web standards through example and now we are a totally css web standard company – the first in our area and as result getting lots of new clients. Ultimately if you can prove through real world application any business person be they marketing or sales understands. In the world of web design it is hard to remember that others hold fiscal proof above good looks of practices.

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:23:55 +0000

That will depend on the nature of the client but I agree that a viewer will judge the website in 1 or 2 seconds.

Now if the client has an urge to find something he will take more time looking for it in the website, either it has a good or not so good design.

But yeah, design is important to sell a product and establish a bound between company and client.

By: Javier Cabrera (ClearYourMind)

Javier Cabrera (ClearYourMind) — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:43:01 +0000

I totally agree with that, it’s very important; but sometimes great design get lost between marketing and art directors, so it’s really difficult to accomplish at least you’re doing something for yourself (sort of a personal project).

Although, there are some times were you can get to work with great art directors and marketing consultants; so it’s very relative really.

Great post!