Designs that speak

[Phil Carvey]

Hi I'm both new to this site and to world of design, so forgive me if what I say has been said before.
I've just had a cursory scan of Dr Jakobs Nielsons views on "web design userbility". He advocates a minimalist approach to design, primarily by being as direct and concise with the text content as possible. cutting out all the tecno/sales babble, with a strong beleif that all pages within a website are easily read and navigitable. Whilst I am a convert to his thinking, I'm totally against his views on the use of graphics. which he beleives are largly unnecessary and can be distracting, in fairness to him he admits from the outset he finds the visual graphic difficult to design.
However, I firmly believe the opposite, in that the good use of grahics can get your message over far more quickly and affectively than by laboriously reading through pages of largely unnecessary text.
I find if I'm browsing to find a service, I tend to go with my instincts, if the page is cluttered or over texted, or any animations, anything that appears remotely diificult to read I move on. I think a good page should grab your attention, and be enticed into entering. maybe my own site www.designsthatspeak.co.uk perhaps, is not up to standard yet but I am determined to continue with perfecting the use of still graphics as a means of messaging. Your views Phil Carvey

[Phil Carvey]

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