Re:Blocking web fonts for speed and privacy (2016)
by phantomathkg on Saturday September 17, 2022 @03:14AM
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I don't think form and function should be mutually exclusive. Instead I want it to be a continuum, and I am trying to combat some of the view here who try to turn the function dial to 11.
With good balance, we should be able to create a world that is both aesthetic and functional.
Art being one that doesn't factor in greatly, but also has its own subjective definition.
There's design that's for helping the user access and process the information. I like this design, I'm all for it; pro-user.
There's design that's for aesthetic; motif; differentiation for the sake of differentiation. This probably overlaps with "art" and can, and often does, actively work against usage of the site for the sake of 'cool'. Works for people that rate aesthetic over content.
Then there's design for engagement and / or advertising revenue (and I'll include "data slurping" as advertising revenue). In relation to the topic, its likely one of the other design choices is leading to secondary data slurping that the website designer may not be aware of.