Proof that (many) people hate redesigns
Cory Bergman March 16th, 2007
Most people I’ve talked to love Wired.com’s new design, but Wired reminds us by posting reader feedback that you’ll always get ripped for a redesign by people who hate change. And these people are always the ones who write in. “Sorry to be blunt, but what the hell have you done to your homepage? It looks like a big oversized kiddie page,” writes one. “No. No. No. Bad Wired. Surely this is some cruel joke because you withheld pizza and caffeine from the html coders, yes?” writes another. And my personal favorite, “To which middle school art class did you farm this out?” Ah, the glory of web design.
4 Comments Add your own
1. Steve Safran | March 16th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever been through a redesign - newscasts included - where people didn’t complain. Nothing new. It says more about the non-constructive posters than it does about Wired - which has always taken risks, always heard from the whiners, and always succeeded.
2. invitedmedia | March 16th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
the web, and its anonymity factor, lends itself to the worst in people.
take for instance youtube and its unmoderated comments, advertisers are foolish for letting themselves be tarred and feathered while paying a handsome fee.
back around the first of the year chevy was a sponsor, i stupidly posted about buying an 07 equinox (for my 16 year old daughter) and how the 100k warranty was a deciding factor.
needless to say, that comment was attacked by several who i guessed couldn’t afford 1 let alone 60 of the payments.
it’s a good thing i didn’t mention my daughter in the comment; she probably would have been attacked likewise.
oy!
3. Steve Safran | March 16th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Ah yes, that anonymity is a bugger, isn’t it…?
4. invitedmedia | March 16th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
good call. never thought of it like that.
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