[thelist] Old Browsers old Software, cut bait and move on.

Max Gasner mgasner at ramblings.com
Mon Jul 16 01:35:40 CDT 2001


> >The most effective sites targeting teenage
> >and young adult consumers know damn well that the audience sees
> >right through 'flashy'.
> Tell that to your psychiatrist.  He will laugh in your face. Everyone is
> attracted to shiny objects.  That's why sportcars cost more than family
> sedans.  Save it for your interview with one of the Billion dollar a year
> gaming industry segments.  Express that argument with the Special effects
> departments in the motion pictures industry.  Sure the flash is dieing.
> That's why the last Star Wars movie was a Prequel and not a Sequel.. That
> way they didn't need all the computer hardware to render the scenes, right?

You need only look at Nazi propaganda to see how very wrong you are.
Red, black, and white. Large text. Clean lines. Never has a more
effective marketing campaign been created.

Good design doesn't need to be flashy.

Max.




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