[thelist] Are Web designers a dying breed?

elkay lwkraemer at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 19 17:47:18 CDT 2000


Recently, I received a snail-mail ad package from NSI touting their
ImageCafe.com

I reviewed the site and the 50+ template designs they offer (which can be
exponentially expanded by color selection). I felt the designs were visually
very attractive.

The pitch is: Select, customize and fill in the blanks for your content and
get it all for $9.95/month (including hosting)! Its all done
programmatically, don't ya know.

More research exposed godaddy.com (of Parson fame), offering a similar
resolve. I found several more sites with the same type of offer.

Sure, the possibility of having a 'similar' design to another site may be at
issue, but how can a beginning business substantiate paying 'big' bucks for
a custom design that may cost them several thousand dollars at a point where
they are just 'testing the waters'? If they've done their homework and
prepared the materials that most designers will ask for anyway, why bear the
added expense and hassle of dealing with a 'de$igner'?

My take is: DESIGN IS DEAD!

Development is the ticket! Content rules!

Comments?

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LKraemer
ASP Application Development
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