Web Design - Fold
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I was just thinking about this very topic...well specifically web standards. I think 99% of these standards are shit. There a of course general guidelines to web design, but trying to design around most of them is a terrible idea. Screw the fold. It's called putting the most pertinent info towards the top of the page...common sense!
I just got done designing a few pages of a site from wire frames that completely restricted what I could do because some high level "web experts" thought this is what needed to go on the page. As I sit back and look at it, I'm really disappointed. When too many people get together (or even one person) and think too hard about designing a web site, the end result is a convoluted mess. Once again the bureaucracy here at my work has squashed what could have been something awesome.
//end rant
- it's called "design by committee" and it never works.bulletfactory