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Sobering. It makes me realize that one of the internet movements which I appreciate the most, and also take the most for granted, is just how much more good design is stressed. Now if I find something which is ugly or non-intuitive, I really do take a step back and think about why things were shown to public like that.

Sometimes people do point and say that most web 2.0 websites look similar and uninspired, but I don't necessarily think that is a bad thing.

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I think the point is just as much that you don't need the best design in the world to be successful. Just get started, even if it's not the most attractive.

But it seems this might not be the case anymore - if Twitter were launched like that today, would people even bother checking it out?

That's hard to speculate on. It might not have. But at the same time, I'd like to think that if a service is revolutionary/unique enough, it will gradually get some traction.

Eh, if they launched today they could at least slap Bootstrap on top of it to clean it up a bit. :)

Now if I find something which is ugly or non-intuitive, I really do take a step back and think about why things were shown to public like that.

Indeed, the bar is raised. When confronted with multiple choices, I'll pick the nicely designed and engineered (that's a bit hard to assess from the beginning)

The bar now is getting too high that start-ups are becoming expensive again.

Yeah, I'm glad we all have higher standards these days, even though it makes it harder for me as a non-designer.

These days when I see something like Pinboard's front page it's kind of a shock. I couldn't possibly bring myself to pay for something so ugly.

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