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On the conflict between being creative and usable (bland?).
Mark Hurst's article on Word.com's Yahoo-like redesign and apparent "confession" by its art director.I am suspicious that it is all a big joke by Word.com, but it does raise issues about serving the customer first and not letting either the "art" or the "science" dominate.
It is a daily struggle for many between "usable" and "pretty". Here we have both extremes at once.
Of course, the true answer lies somewhere in between....
Added/Updated: January 21, 2000
