{"id":10913,"date":"2007-11-16T12:41:57","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T09:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/16\/keep-it-simple-stupid\/"},"modified":"2007-11-16T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T09:41:57","slug":"keep-it-simple-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/16\/keep-it-simple-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep it simple, stupid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is sometimes amazing how people behave.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially when they buy something and they get a choice of what they can get for their money.\u00c2\u00a0 Given the freedom to “get anything they want”, they often won’t stick with what they need, they won’t usually know what they want, and so they’ll go for as much as they can carry.\u00c2\u00a0 This might be a worthy technique for a supermarket, but it’s a bit different with web sites.<\/p>\n

Yes, we (at my job<\/a>) build web sites.\u00c2\u00a0 We do design, programming, hosting, promotion, maintenance, and many other things. And, yes, we can stack a web site with pretty much any technology or interface there is – forms, dynamic menus, AJAX, you name it – we can do it.\u00c2\u00a0 Can’t name any?\u00c2\u00a0 Good!\u00c2\u00a0 Because practice shows that if you can name something, you want it on your web site no matter if it needed or not.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how difficult it is to convince people\u00c2\u00a0 to stick with the KISS principle<\/a> or make them understand that “less is more”.\u00c2\u00a0 Make your web site functional.\u00c2\u00a0 Put only things that you’d want yourself to use.\u00c2\u00a0 Study your statistics and see what people use and what they don’t.\u00c2\u00a0 Remove things that they don’t use.\u00c2\u00a0 Improve things that they use.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay focused and specialized – your web site is not an endless trash bin which you can throw everything into…<\/p>\n

One argument that I often use, is of Google vs. Yahoo. When asked which company is number 1, Google’s leadership is never questioned.\u00c2\u00a0 When I confirm that Google is the authority, I go for examples.\u00c2\u00a0 How do you want your web site to look and feel?<\/p>\n

Like this:<\/p>\n

\"Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

or like this:<\/p>\n

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\"Google<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

If these examples don’t convince, they at least plant a seed of doubt.\u00c2\u00a0 After these, it’s much easier to bend the conversation.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

It is sometimes amazing how people behave.\u00c2\u00a0 Especially when they buy something and they get a choice of what they can get for their money.\u00c2\u00a0 Given the freedom to “get anything they want”, they often won’t stick with what they need, they won’t usually know what they want, and so they’ll go for as much … Continue reading Keep it simple, stupid<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2068,1159,1109,1158,1157,842],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-10913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-google","tag-simplicity","tag-usability","tag-user-interfaces","tag-web-design","tag-yahoo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t