[thelist] webmonkey redesign

[Daniel J. Cody]

Jay Greenspan wrote:

> on 6/14/01 2:23 PM, Daniel J. Cody at djc at starkmedia.com wrote:


>>and oddly only the frontdoor is changed, the rest of the site is as it was..
> 
> Odd, maybe, but those who work on the Web may have an understanding of why
> this type of partial re-design is necessary.


I work here too! And before money started being such a big factor 
lately, designers used to *strive* to make consistant navigation. Is it 
ok to *now* shrug off what everyone has been preaching about - 
pertaining to useability, good navigation, and consistancy - for the 
last 7 years, including webmonkey?

"Sitewide navigation schemes must be consistent, intuitive, and highly 
comfortable" - Jeff Veen,
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/07/index3a_page4.html?tw=design


> Hint: you don't have the resources for a full re-design and your ad sales
> force is screaming for some more attractive ad space in an brutally
> competitive environment.


Hey, I'm sorry about the financial woes that webmonkey/lycos/terra is 
facing. But is terra/lycos/webmonkey running and developing sites only 
to provide what advertisers and the marketing department find usefull 
and attractive? Is the only reason they're mowing the lawn to make the 
'For Sale' sign prettier? Is it marketing drones or designers who get to 
pick a look and feel these days at terra/lycos/webmonkey?

And who, besides the ad sales force, find an intrusive and annoying 
banner ad that soaks up 20% of the screen real estate attractive?

.djc.