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Originally posted by AlienQ
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It is an afront to most designers since designers these days sell how well they look and not how good the content is. [/B]
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Being a designer myself I can say it's not an affront but it does make the job less fun. =]
I agree that in many circumstances it depends on the content more than how the content is presented, but that doesn't eliminate the need to understand how to present your content in the best way. And also, there is still a call for "eye-candy" sites but it depends on the site type, the major traffic sources you'll be working with and also sometimes if you have the need to impress webmasters into sending traffic, etc...
This isn't so different as it has always been though. There is just a proliferation of "reality" type tours these days and it's causing webmasters to become much more aware of the balance between content and presentation whereas they undervalued content before. Even the best tours of old worked best because of which models they integrated into those graphics and
which thumbshots they showed, etc... Now with MPEG sites being so big, the only style of presentation most people have learned to make work thus far is the "reality" type.