Comments on: Does Design Really Matter for Start-Ups?

By: Carl Zetterberg

Carl Zetterberg — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:49:31 +0000

The thing with conversion is really interesting. I would never create a new design without analyzing how the visitors is using the site today. One great tool for analyzing your visitors is Seevolution. Conversion rate is in my eyes the visitors given grade on your site!

By: Google: meet design. Design: meet Google. | Keith Kent — Designer — Cork, Ireland.

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:20:17 +0000

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By: Jeff Lam

Jeff Lam — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:46:05 +0000

Great article! Truly enjoyed reading it as it resonates a lot with what I think about design.

I do have to say tough, that in my opinion, the user experience is probably the most important of them all in website or web application design. And yes, though everything else about design as you mentioned (design aesthetics, etc) contributes to good UX, there is no law in the universe that guarantees that.

Like what Jason Fried of 37signals wrote in their SvN blog, good design is NOT good looks. You mentioned that in your article with Craigslist for example. Another example would be http://www.drudgereport.com/ where it is so aesthetically definitely not up to PAR, but design and UX wise it probably hits the spot.

By: Duncan Tang

Duncan Tang — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 04:42:24 +0000

Great article! That is question I always ask to myself.

By: Little Sandbox

Little Sandbox — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:04:59 +0000

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By: Sacha

Sacha — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:25:47 +0000

Who can say what UX is or is not? In this post's comments, you'll find people arguing that graphic design is not part of UX… It seems like a term with a lot of different interpretations. And you're right about the comment form, there's a lot of things that could be improved.

By: giuliano

giuliano — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:31:09 +0000

Interesting post. Just a couple of thoughts.

UX is not ID. Interation Design is part of User Experience together with Information Architecture and Graphic Design.

On a different note, the design of your comment form is nice but make me think more tha necessary. Why don’t you add some labels (name, email, website) that disappear on focus? It would be a nicd touch.

By: Sacha

Sacha — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:33:43 +0000

In some cases I agree, and I think it’s important to discuss this topic. Every startup is different, so it’s worth it to analyze your situation and decide how much resources you should put into design.

By: Clauz

Clauz — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:30:08 +0000

Design is important but from my experience, when you are starting up and if you dont have much of investment, you probably cant even afford a designer.
A true penniless startup -and I have been there- has a 1000 things to focus on before their web design…so while I think it is important..I dont think a startup should focus their energy on that aspect right at the beggining if they have limited resources of any kind -money, time, people, etc-
And ultimately, what you and me consider a good design, it is not neccesarily so for the visitor…so this ends up being a highly subjective appreciation.

By: HC

HC — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:49:34 +0000

Go for all of it!