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Re:All you may need is HTML by eikenberry on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:53PM (#35001006)
> Design isn't just about aesthetics.

Why dismiss aesthetics out of hand like this, equating it with vanity and ego? Aesthetics are very important to people, possibly even more so than the information on the page.

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Re:All you may need is HTML by calsy on Thursday March 02, 2023 @02:58PM (#35001088)
Aesthetics are more important than content?? Where did you get that idea from?
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Re:All you may need is HTML by denton-scratch on Thursday March 02, 2023 @04:29PM (#35002346)
Obviously, that depends on the purpose of the page/site. If the page is a brochure or advertisement, content is almost irrelevant; you could link to it, for buyers that wanted content. Brochures and ads are about feelings, and aesthetics are about feelings.

That's not what I think the www is for, but not everyone agrees with me.

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Re:All you may need is HTML by GoblinSlayer on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:43AM (#35006897)
>advertisement, content is almost irrelevant

Then it shouldn't exist from the start.

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Re:All you may need is HTML by truculent on Thursday March 02, 2023 @05:04PM (#35002730)
FWIW, I agree with you (and I don't see where I dismissed it), but the point is that even a certain type of utilitarian-inclined programmer is wrong on their own terms.
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