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Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Hi all, I'm getting better at this recumbent riding as I get more practice. With a month coming up of no commuting, I want to get some track time in. Having no traffic is a welcome novelty. If anybody wants to join me, they would be most welcome. Today (24th) from 9 am to 12.
Bacchetta Strada
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Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Hi Rando,
I'm getting a recumbant soon and would like to do some track time at either the Murrarie or the Nundah criterium track (Nundah looks really nice). I've not been to either track. I'd be happy to do some laps with you one day. I'm a recumbant newbie! Here is the Nundah Track: http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-27.407852,153.070965&z=18&t=k&nmd=20100912 My bike is heavier than your bike.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.OK, might try the Nundah track someday too. Thanks for that. How long till you get your machine? I just built a tailfairing for the Bachetta today, out of light plastic sheet called flute board. Testing tomorrow. Morning probably if the rain eases.
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Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Had a great ride this morning, made even better by the dude hand cranking his low slung Swiss carbon fibre tricycle around many laps at a respectable speed. He gets my Christmas points.
Tailbox fairings seems to work, but my new computer is the wrong one, cadence and wheel revs are on the same box, so it's not for a recumbent. I wonder what the LBS will say...? Christmas points also to the Italian bloke who doesn't push much, but enjoys a few k's. Bacchetta Strada
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Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.She should be here in a few weeks. I've not ridden a recumbant before so I might need a few weeks to learn the ropes. I can't wait.
My bike is heavier than your bike.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.What have you ordered?
I did quite a bit of practice before I took mine commuting. Well worth the effort. It took about a month before I started to feel confident. My car is bust today so no more driving to the track to have the sweet relaxed track experience. Bacchetta Strada
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The suspense is killing me! Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.hey nitramluap, got that laid back machine yet?
That comedian must be holding his breath... I got the car fixed, but don't get to the track at all, just ride to the city and back each day. That seems to be enough. The tailbox fairing means I had to put a smaller cog on the back, so that's 28 to 11 now, and top is 118 inches per rev. Bacchetta Strada
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Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.My bike is heavier than your bike.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Very nice and great colour you seem at home with it looking the bit but the elbo resting on the top there made me laugh.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Wohooo! Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Well, That is a surprise. What a beauty.
Look forward to a ride report in due course. John
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Posted this on your you tube, I know I'll cop some flaming here for this but anywho:
Ok so TORUM only mentions how to make a right hand turn but surely we can still hang the old left arm out now and then? Oh that thing doesn't measure 7.5 meters does it? DIYCBA.
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Aaah... How do you know he didn't indicate? Did you know that the mango has inbuilt led blinkers that you can't see on the video? Hand signals are a optional extra when you have proper blinkers Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Good call and well played.
Though I stand by his other infringements as petty as they are. Now off we all go to scour over TORUM and pick my comment to pieces.
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I've replied to your other comments, trickle, on the YouTube page - including the fact that the Mango has indicators (it also has a brake light, fog light, daytime running lights, etc). I would like to go further and say that in some circumstances road rules aren't helpful to bicycle riders at all - no matter what they ride. For example, physically stopping at every stop sign. I don't always do this and I doubt there is a cyclist in the world that does it every time - and it is obvious why. I almost always stop on red lights but when I ride to work in the wee hours on my upright dutch bike, it doesn't trigger the sensors at a particular intersection (with no pedestrian option) so unless another car shows up... I sit there indefinitely. I choose to run the light. While there may have been some petty infringements in my video (at 7am on a Sunday) - I'm sure you missed a few- none were endangering any other living creature or... god forbid... someone's precious car. The Mango offers also no more protection than a regular bicycle so it is my interest to not risk hitting anything. To date, it doesn't have so much as a scratch. Don't forget that the road rules are primarily to prevent motor vehicle drivers from killing & maiming other road users, not the other way around. If there were no motorised vehicles, there would be no stop signs & traffic lights... and almost no deaths. My bike is heavier than your bike.
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The reason I put my arms out like that is for cooling as it is not that comfortable - I have to sit up a little more to get my shoulders up. When moving quickly, the holes at the base of the Mango allow some airflow through the cabin for cooling (which works well) and my head & face is in the airstream - although the helmet really prevents a great deal of evaporative cooling. However at low speeds particularly, I find that putting my arms out greatly increases the cooling effect of sweat evaporating from my arms. I mainly do it when I'm going slowly up hills. Having my arms & legs shaded from the direct sun makes an enormous difference to how hot I get in the first place. My bike is heavier than your bike.
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Still sounds to me that you are trying to justify breaking road rules, the very road rules you and other camera wearing cyclists would have no hassle in dobbing another vehicle driver into QPS for breaking. I don't care what time of the day or night you ride, whether the rules are helpful to cyclist or not, they are just that a rule to be followed by road users. Not just when it is helpful to you.
Sorry how does this factor in your decision making process to cross into an oncoming lane to make a "racing line"? Indicator or not you put yourself at risk, anyone of the cars parked along the roads edge could have pulled out on you, or a pedestrian walked to the center lane and became mango mario kart mince! Is it so hard to slow a little stay in your lane and corner quick but safely? Or does loosing the few km's per hour in braking for a corner result in more pedaling... you are right, that''s not using the road rules so they are helpful to us cyclists!
Ah, your true colours! get rid of all the cars, make it bicycles and mango's only!! Biketopia does not and will not exist here. Your Dutch mates are close but very hard to crusade here. You are incorrect here, road rules are not written just for motor vehicle operators to prevent killing and maiming. Look at them as a form of risk management. Riding, driving, walking hell even mangoing on the road involves an element of risk, the road rules are there to manage that risk and not so much to be helpful. Look, I really don't give a toss if you want to shove your mango into corners so that you don't have to pedal so much (that wouldn't be helpful!) but isn't that part of the idea to riding a bike? Greener transport and a workout? What I disagree with is camera touting cycling and commuting extremists making a menace of themselves on the roads and aggravating other road users to provoke a reaction so they can post it on their youtube channel...Not saying you do but... If we want safer roads and motorists to give us room? Follow the rules that they (and we!) have to and stop justifying breaking them. Reduce your footprint on the road and keep the racing lines on the track. We ALL need to share the same road. And if you see me at the Muzz or Nundah, stay right!!!
Re: Murrarie track training, Brisbane.Argue rules all you like, you'll be doing it forever. They are for safety.
As for the Mango... Bee... You... Tee... Ful! And your ride... I don't know Brizzy very much at all but that seems a nice route for cycling with a bit of diversity thrown in. The camera did a great job too. I've been on the fence getting one but have had trouble seeing rego plates with passing vehicles. I have an old canon something that gives good video but restrictive with mounting, vibration and weather. So not many photos or video. Your helmet I couldn't figure out... Doesn't have enough ventilation especially for Brizzy but that can easily be changed. I must admit you did surprise me with your acquisition. I was expecting either a nice homebuilt or exotic carbon. The Velo was a surprise. Strange that in the last 2 weeks I have bumped into 3 others here in Melb with velos although one had destroyed his derailleur and waiting for a lift. Nearly strain my neck muscles when I see them. I guess that is what most people do when they see something rare and unusual. I hope you get a huge amount of enjoyment from it. regards, william.
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Thanks, William. It is a real pleasure to ride and I've used it to do some shopping runs already although I don't like leaving it parked outside unaccompanied for too long! It does have an alarm inside which goes beserk if anyone bumps it.
It's quite a nice little ride and on a Sunday morning there are few cars, or anything else for that matter - except cyclists - which makes it very pleasant. I usually stick to bikeways, heading out to Carole Park and back to stretch my legs. My normal work commute takes me to Wacol (but on my upright dutch bike with panniers, etc) so I know the area very well and there are plenty of hills to enjoy.
Frankly, I wish I had the choice to not wear it but alas that is not the case (perhaps one day...? http://helmetfreedom.org). It does have reasonable venting but it is more a winter helmet. I have another helmet with larger vents which might be better.
I'd love test ride one of the RotoVelos (I presume this is the one you saw in Melbourne) when next I'm down there. I've not seen another Velomobile in Brisbane but I'm sure there is one somewhere. I have passed a few recumbents - but only a few - over the years. Most of my rides are at a leisurely 30km/h but from time to time I stretch its legs (as in the film). I've posted a few more on YouTube and will probably post another one showing its features in more detail down the track. Cheers, Paul My bike is heavier than your bike.
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X 2 on your comments. I think this guy is eventually going to have an issue on the river loop with his riding technique and lack of experience - especially as he doesnt even have a flag to increase his visibility And he has a video up of himself riding without a helmet, so it is the pot calling the kettle black.
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A flag is not required by law and if you can't see a 2.5m long red/white velomobile you must be blind. Out of curiosity, given that the vehicle heights are similar, do you advocate little flags for, say, a Lotus Elise? No? What's the difference? I'm also curious how you can tell my cycling history & experience from a short film. Perhaps we raced together back in the late 80s/early 90s and you are recalling something from back then? Mysterious. Do tell.
I do not respect laws that protect the individual from themselves - they are unjust. Laws are meant to protect society and individuals from others' actions. If you think mandatory helmet legislation (and bicycle helmet wearing at all times) is a good idea then there is nothing more to discuss on that topic... you are a true believer in the magical properties of the bicycle helmet. I hope you are not of those charming individuals that yells "Where's your f#$%king helmet!?" at me as they pass by while I ride to work. I barely drive my car; I ride a bicycle everywhere and do everything by bike. I ride 6000km per year just on my Dutch bike alone, doing such trips; add to that the 1000km I do every year on my 40kg cargo bike; and I'm heading towards 9000km per year on the Mango if I keep up the current rate... Oh, and then I need to add my road bike odometer to the mix. ...I guess I'm not experienced enough yet. I've also spent many years at amateur-level kart racing (120km/h rotary engine karts...) so I have some experience with that too... but I suppose all those handling skills don't mean anything either. My bike is heavier than your bike.
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Of the 3 serious high speed high impact crashes I have been involved in during both racing and recreational riding, my helmet has saved me from serious head injuries. By far the worst event was a trip over the bars at around 40kph off road resulting in a 7 meter drop landing directly on my head onto a rocky scree slope ( yes it is partially why I am the way I am now ). Tell me oh wise hippy how my un protected skull would have been better off not wearing a helmet? If you have been racing since the late 80's early 90's you should have told Fabio casartelli how useless helmets are and how great a job the human skull does all by it's self: Inappropriate image removed and user warned. Bet his family would love to hear your views!
And there you go again, defending yourself breaking a law. You are not experienced, just lucky... so far.
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It's hard to argue these things. If you want to wear a helmet - do I know I do too. What isn't seen is all the unmade trips that lead to lifestyle diseases. They might not be so visible as a tragic accident but they cause deaths all the same - and thousands and thousands of them a year. I was sitting in a bunch of people at a cycling as transport type meeting and said look at these people. Out of 40 there was probably one obese person. This is not normal in our society. Any barrier to cycling is bad, and as an existing cyclist it's almost impossible for us to see the barrier. Hell I got dressed up as a yellow human banana and rode 90k this morning. If looking like that isn't a barrier to me very little else would be. Once you can climb hills on a bike it's all downhill.
Hopefully I'll know what that's like..... one day.
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I dont drive to work - but if you are riding to work without a helmet then you deserve to have bogans yelling at you imo. You arent experienced riding that velomobile - you said it yourself.
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junglelord wrote:OK here is my next hurdle.
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There has been too much nonsense spouted about the effectiveness of certain successful companies' websites and it's time to correct it. Those who say that poorly designed websites are partly responsible for some companies' success are feeding you a load of crap. And too many of you are eating it up.
Stop it. Bad design harms business, it does not help it. Websites like Boingboing, Google and eBay are successful in spite of their poorly designed sites, not because of them. What kills me is that I continue to see designers, some of them professionals, buying into this drivel and helping to perpetuate it. This whole business of contemplating the elusive wisdom of bad design and ugly layout is amateur hour on parade. It's time to call bullshit.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck.
Commercial success plus bad design does NOT equal good design. The reason Google is the premier search tool is because it works. It is the most comprehensive and best-respected search tool for most Web users. It's well managed, a business leader rather than follower and it has been around for quite a while. Google is a mover and shaker, constantly finding and providing tools, solutions and applications for everyday people to use online. The Google brand has gravity, respect and delivers tangible results every minute of the day. THAT'S why Google is the search engine of choice.
The fact that Google's website is unremarkable and poorly laid out is ancillary to these facts, mostly because the main interface is very simple. Poorly designed "simple" is far easier to swallow than poorly designed "complex". It works okay in spite of the bad layout and un-design.The fact is Google got it right where so many fail. They built their reputation on substance rather than on style. They're not important because of their style, but because of execution. They don't have to look important because they simply are important.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck.
Most companies put the cart before the horse and try to build their success on how cool their company culture is or how awesomely awesome their logo is. Google's logo pretty much sucks. So what? They can buy and sell any company that has a cool logo any day of the week; not because of their awful main interface layout, but in spite of it.
All of these companies that have suckass website designs and layouts but are successful anyway did the same thing. eBay was best at what it does before anyone else was that good. They've locked up the category with execution first, not style. Boingboing is one of the best-known and most popular weblogs because everybody loves to go there to hate on the Bush administration. The design sucks, but the content and advertising always bashes the readers' #1 enemy. Substance, not style.
This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck. It won't matter how awesome your website looks, you will fail if your product is not up to snuff. By the same token, you are allowed to look like a dog if your product is the cat's meow. Think about it; the successful businessperson will always have a hot date to the dinner party. We're talking about human behavior here, folks.
But let's not be too smart by half. Craigslist, for instance, is a clear winner with an un-design, but it's not an example of bad design. The site content is nothing but relevant text links, and rightly so! The "design" it uses is well-suited to the type of content, so it is quite effective. This site is not like eBay or Google, as it succeeds because of the design rather than spite of it. Google and eBay have layout components and content that were clearly added as afterthoughts, ruining any true layout or design. Not so with Craigslist, the layout is solid and design appropriate. Design is a solution to a problem, not a decoration or embellishment.
So we should stop swallowing tripe for cream. As designers, it's time for some of us to see that the emperor has no clothes and to use our insight, understanding and training to define what we agree with rather than mindlessly going along with idiots in the crowd. We have a responsibility to avoid pseudoscience and pseudointellectualism as it relates to what we produce for our clients and what we share with our fellow designers. If we've not got a sufficient grasp of things to see through this sort of drivel, perhaps we should go back to school or find another line of work.
Bottom line is designers need a foundation to ward off ridiculous ideas like "bad design creates success". We shouldn't relegate ourselves to simply sailing whichever way the wind is blowing this week. When the wind smells bad, it's time to get upwind of the bullshit.
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Well said, but trends are always trends, and if the amazon model has gone well, many would love to adopt. Thanks for the thoughts.
> How should the Google page look like, then?
Apparently it should have 1/2 the page set aside for tiny links to the google local site of every city you aren't in.
I agree with the fact that google, ebay and amazon nailed it on execution and were first to do so. I also agree that all the cool websites in the world will not make a shit sandwich taste good. But I wasn't aware that there is an undesign philosophy? Is this a case of a couple of lazy wankers in marketing going "it worked for google, it'll work for us" or is there really a school of designers who practice this?
BTW. Sensational design and interesting content. Good work!
can i get an AMEN!
Well said. Would seem like a "duh" situation, but some people just "yes sir" everything they hear.
thanks for the post.
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I've seen it, the google redesign is allmost the same, except some colors added. Does it differ so much that you would say that google design is not a bad design anymore?
Someone sent me this article. I couldn't get through the first paragraph. Get over yourself.
Au contraire: bad design sells all the time, because a majority of users don't have the vocabulary to critically analyse what bad design is (c.f. Windows etc). When having difficulties, users often see themself as the problem, not the tool that they are using.
Also, I would argue that your examples are not examples of bad design, they are just not examples of overdesign, or "designer's design". They may not aesthetically please you, but neither do they create massive impediments in their own functionality with their design, their usability is realtively good. Your praise of craigslist confuses your arguments more given your previous examples.
Everything can be improved, for sure, no interface is perfect, but I think you could have cooled down a bit and thought of some more applicable examples for your arguments before sitting down to write this article. A passionate yet shallow editorial in need of an editor.
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Thanks Ann. I think you've discovered a way of solving our information overload problems. Simply stop reading things because you think the writer is egotistical. Sheesh.
I think this article was necessary, although a little repetitive in places Andy. Thanks.
bq. http://www.andyrutledge.com/google-redux.php
Nice article but "A" is up there 'cause of coherence: it's placed in the same position in any other Google service (Gmail, Groups, etc…).
>> Boingboing is one of the best-known and most popular weblogs because everybody loves to go there to hate on the Bush administration.
Really? Ok, I'll give you that boingboingers tend to be liberal, but come on. There's a whole world of interesting stuff to talk about, maybe a fraction of that is Bush related.
Excellent read btw, don't mean to nitpic.
I really enjoyed reading this article, thank you! I love the voice in the article, and think this subject absolutely warrants it.
* I agree it would have helped to have additional applicable examples of "bad design" and "good design". Maybe examples where bad design really did equate to poor business results? Or good design that led to successful business? etc
(Pics & diagrams are always nice too.)
* Another thought on the Google redux design—which I had seen another time, and really enjoy it being addressed!—the "search" and "I'm feeling lucky buttons" below search bar aren't centered. This is inconsistent with the rest, what's the thought behind that?
The endless time I've hear the client asked for Amazon-tab navigation or Google-simplicity is mind-numb. Then I'll have explain to them that the project is better served with better design.
Bullshit it is but bucking the clients request a lot harder. Great article.
Those sites are not poorly designed. Maybe they are plainer and less aesthetically appealing to fussy graphic design types than some of the kickass modern CSS based sites, but looks aren't everything. Looks are important, but looks alone are not design. And nearly everyone has opinions on how various popular sites should be reorganized or improved, so welcome to the club.
Interesting piece,
I hadn't heard about this trend of "success because of poor design" at all. Are you citing any sources in particular or is it just the "buzz"...
Thank you for recognizing that Google and eBay have sucky design! The Google logo looks like someone's nephew overdid it with a Photoshop bezel effect and Fisher-Price colours.
eBay is a design and usability nightmare. My wife runs an eBay store, and there are basic auction functions that should be one click only, and instead take five clicks and two log-ins, assuming she can even figure out how to do it in the first place. In fact, I'd say even their product sucks, but no one has come along and built a better one yet (at least, not one with the critical mass of customers required to succeed).
Clint: I hadn't heard of this trend either. I respect the author's viewpoint on this, but I would respect it more if he would site the sources of this trend.
Interesting, but who on earth is saying "bad design = good website"? I have NEVER seen such a statement. Nearest is "no design can still mean good website" or "good design can't save a bad website." But the strength of your words implies loads of people are saying bad design = good website, and I've just never seen anyone say that.
"The Google brand has gravity, respect and delivers tangible results every minute of the day."
THAT'S DESIGN, YOU DUMBASS. Design is not the color of a pixel.
Besides, this strawman argument that someone is out there saying "ugly sites are well-designed" is itself bullshit. No one is saying that.
google is a well designed site, as it is easy to use it to achieve what i want to do…
Let's be honest if you have a good product and a good business idea then no amount of bad design is going to hinder the internet companies you have described. Packaging a product on the other hand is an entirely different matter.
Your article is only focussing on large internet brands such as Google and Ebay, two simple ideas executed in a great way; leaving the competiton behind.
Your ideas don't really apply to anything else but these types of companies.. seems like you rant on to much!
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_…feeding you a load of crap… time to call bullshit… boys and girls… if your product sucks, you suck… Google's logo pretty much sucks… these companies that have suckass website designs… the design sucks… boys and girls…. if your product sucks, you suck…. we're talking about human behavior here, folks… stop swallowing tripe for cream… the emperor has no clothes… it's time to get upwind of the bullshit._
I feel like I just read a rant by a 12 year old!
The December 2003 Wired Magazine featured a piece that asked several "experts†in user interface and web design how they would redesign the Google home page. Several designs were submitted, including one by Joshua Davis who used visual display God Edward Tufte as a test subject, designing an incredibly complex and supposedly Tufte-esque Google UI. I can't find the exact quote, but Tufte rejected Davis' design, saying that the Google UI was perfect the way it was and shouldn't be touched.
I hate that Larry and Serge make so much money and that they get all the chicks, but that doesn't change the fact that the Google interface (web site if you will) is brilliant in its simplicity, and the search results are good, and that's why it works.
I think you're focusing on the wrong aspect of Google by examining their homepage. Google works because of its results, not what its homepage looks like. I agree with you, Andy, that the homepage is crap. But really all I need from the Google homepage is a working search field. The real case study is in the results listings and in that arena, Google has done a marvelous job. Every search listing contains the information I need and it's laid out properly. If I pass intelligent search parameters, I get intelligent results.
Not to demean your efforts (I think the Google Redux looks terrific and is eminently more usable) but even if the Google homepage was replaced with your Google Redux homepage layout, I don't think it would significantly affect the number of people who use it or the frequency with which it is used. I'll bet there's a memo in Google HQ somewhere that says the homepage should never, ever be modified beyond recognition. The spartan, slightly cluttered look of the Google homepage says, "The homepage looks like this because we spend all of our R&D budget on improving the search results and developing other tools." In the grand scheme, how much time does one spend looking at the Google homepage vs the results? There's nothing to navigate and no info I need to parse through. When I really need to locate something on the Google website, guess what I use? Yep, the search, not the navigation.
"We're so confident that our search is superior that we shun homepage development so that you'll use search to navigate our website."
Do you get a lot of clients when you write "suckass" and "shit" a lot?
Won't disagree that eBay is clumsy but I think Google is brilliant. When it started out people gravitated towards it not because it was a better search engine than Yahoo – but because it was a simple clean page.
Now page two of Google sucks… but 99% of the users never get beyond the first page.
And the logo is great. It's legible and the mods are fun. How many other logos are built to be modified daily?
Your piece may have a valid thesis, but it's "written like a designer," to use a favorite expression of mine. From paragraph two: "Websites like Boingboing, Google and eBay are successful in spite of their poorly designed sites . . ." Websites are successful in spite of their sites? Um. Also, why write "This is commercial success we're talking about, boys and girls. In commerce, if your product sucks, you suck" twice? Need an editor? I'm good, fast, and affordable.
Google has to be a billion things to a billion people.
The best way to achieve that is by 1) not being complicated and 2) not changing hardly at all.
Since most non-tech people think Google is the front door to the internet, less and familiar are the best attributes.
I may agree that visually it does little for me as a designer. But as long as the field autofocuses upon page load, I'm fine.
Richard Hendel asserts in his excellent book-format treatment of book design ("On Book Design", beautifully designed, I might add, a pleasure to hold in your hand and to see) that whether a book is designed well or not, that is, whether a book designer has been hired and done their book design thing on the book, is generally not an indication of the book's commercial success.
A lot of people are coming back with "who cares if Google is ugly, the results count" replies. That is kind of the point Andy makes. The problem lies in that fact that because the product is so great people start thinking that the design had something to do with it and hence want to copy it. Trying to change Google's branding is like trying to change a flag, you're doomed even if your new design is technically better.
Good design might not always be required to make a business succeed but bad design certainly never helps. Super-simple isn't always right, over-design never is and as someone once said, "more isn't more, less isn't more, just enough is more".
Since when did people copy of Google?
I like this one better, by the way: "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler."
– Albert Einstein
You should really try to avoid using words like "Suckass," especially when you want to be taken seriously.
Design is not just skin deep. Has anyone ever viewed the source code of Google? This is 2006 – who uses a font tag! Oh, and God forbid anyone of the supposed "designers" hating on this article ever try to validate 1 page of Google: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com
The design is RUBBISH!
Hoorah Andy! Love the Article…
That is because it's hard to make a validating standard version of the Google frontpage, that is smaller in filesize, STILFX.
The reality is slightly different. Google and eBay, by not spending an inordinate amount of energy on "good design" enable themselves to expend more energy where it is of more value.
If the Google homepage matched your mock up, and by extension, the rest of the Google web site needed to follow that design, it would create a humongous amount of extra work to maintain and enhance.
So it is actually partially accurate to say that Google and eBay's lack of "good design" is, in fact, a driver of their successes. We unfortunately cannot test this hypothesis, but I suspect that if eBay and Google would have done the necessary work to make their entire sites match your mock up, they may not be as successful as they have been.
Tor, you're kidding, right? I sure hope so. Making the Google home page lean and standards-compliant (while improving accessibility) would be trivial, and if it's done properly the filesize would be quite a bit smaller. In fact, I thought I saw where someone had studied the matter and computed the bandwidth Google could be saving.
I agree that it seems this article confuses style and design. While aesthetics are a critical component of information design, they're not everything. This seems to be realized to an extent in your Google Redux article, but not here. (Sharp-looking mockup, by the way!)
I would argue that the Google homepage is well-designed, for the simple reason that the only two objects on the page that draw focus are the brand and the search box, and those are all that's important to 99.9% of visitors. Beyond that, the page is designed to be small so it can load quickly (your version looks to be much more weighty, and when you serve as many page views per day as Google, it adds up).
This article singles out eBay and Google (and so does your personal site), when in fact I think that their designs are quite well done, not to mention easy-to-use. They simply tend to the very-uncluttered end of the spectrum (one could say "less-styled").
Beyond that, I think your main point (that good product can pull poor design, if I'm interpreting correctly) is quite on-target. But good design can definitely supplement good product better. I also agree with other commenters that words like "suckass" and "shit" are unnecessary, even if this article was originally posted on your personal site.
And as a side-note: set any text in Catull, bevel it and fill with primary colors, and almost anyone will immediately associate it with Google. Now that's branding.
You may or may not have a valid argument but it's pretty hard to take you seriously in the manner in which you have presented it. You should have rewritten the article in a tone and manner more appropriate to a web site such as this. Leave the personal pandering to live journal.
"I'm merely responding to a recurring nonsensical theme I've noticed over a period of time within the design community. "
Where? Who's saying this? And who's listening? This is the sort of argumentation that Fox News uses: "some people say you kill children, are you calling them liars?"
I say you are lying, sir. You are simply lying when you state the premise of this article. You do not have some guru in mind you don't want to offend, and you cannot point to a "recurring…theme" that anyone is taking seriously.
Here's the real theme: Google and ebay are massive successes by any measure. They have millions upon millions of successful customers. In what possible universe could you complain that design is holding them back?
You totally miss the point of sites like google it seems, I agree with a lot of the comments in here about google working, google is well designed (though there is still room for improvement).
But your redesign is horridly unusable and just adds confusion and makes it look like any other page.
This article should be taken with a grain of salt as Andy did not originally intend to have it published professionally. It does have some interesting points, however, which is why UX Magazine requested it for their site. This was first written as blog post (more or less), which is why the language appears crude. In any case, the Google redesign is a fantastic example how there is improvement in many UIs we see and use daily. Andy's post can serve as a wake up call for us to realize that there really ARE some ways we can improve on things, and that yes, even almighty Google can be fallible!
Aesthetics do matter to most people, think of any time you've gone shopping for clothes or for a car. Good design can make our lives a little easier, and make us a little bit happier in the process. Ultimately you do have to have substance underneath that exterior for your product to be worthwhile, but it doesn't hurt to be a little sexy on the outside. Just look at what Apple has done, and what Windows Vista promises to do (finally Microsoft is getting it!).
You've got to be kidding me.
"[craigslist] is not like eBay or Google, as it succeeds because of the design rather than spite of it…the layout is solid and design appropriate…"
Are you looking at the same sea of links I get when I go to craigslist.org?
Seriously though, I think you've totally missed the point of interface design as it relates to the success of a product:
* Bad product + bad design = no success
* Bad product + good design = no success
* Good product + bad design = no success
* Good product + good design = success
If the design of eBay/Google were so bad, people would not be able to sell/buy/search, and the sites would fall away to other competitors.
One last point: how can you get on your high horse about the design of these sites without any understanding of the companies' business goals? Or are your judgements of these sites intended to be taken as "pure design, without constraints"? Yawn.
How ignorant, anonymous folks making good points are just as important to listen to as people with their full name, address and phone/fax numbers displayed that make good points..
Also, your definition of design is a graphical one, right? "Design" = "pretty" right? Google is pretty. Ebay isn't. Both work great, as their interface design seems to work even for my mom.
If you want to talk "design" as in "site looks pretty" you oughta start bashing those blogs out there that all look the same.


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