Website Design Criticism
Users critique the bland, generic, Bootstrap-like, or ugly designs of various websites, often comparing them to functional but simple sites like Hacker News and debating if polished aesthetics are necessary for success.
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You likely look at different sites, like HN that is well designed rather that a decoration around ad delivery mechanism.
They both look like every other landing page i've seen in the past 5 years. Maybe too much polish makes them all look the same?
Goes to show the sad state of web UI design. Most of these sites are barely two steps removed from default bootstrap.
It looks like something that was thrown up quickly. If you have 'mental stress' because some pictures and text lacks design, the problem may be you, not the website.
I thought I am viewing different website from yours.I am totally not satisfied hackernews website design and UI.
Man their website is bland, how do they expect to attract users?
Are pretty sites necessary? I ask because most sites I go to on a daily basis, like HN, Google properties, Amazon, etc are relatively bland.
Never thought there are real designers on hn. What was the site?
Not unlike that hideos website design.
Does your website have to be uber-ugly too?