Comments on: 50 REPETITIVE & ANNOYING Website Intros Examined

By: Benjamin D.C.

Benjamin D.C. — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:30:08 +0000

I pretty much agree with you Bryan. However you take a 2-year old website as an example. This type of introduction wasn’t that common then…

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» 10 Revealing Infographics about the Web — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:16:07 +0000

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By: Kerri

Kerri — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:50:58 +0000

I pretty much agree with Kumo.

These things might not be original or terribly creative, but conventions like these, in design, structure and lexicon, lead to better usability. And I’d take usability over “creative originality” on the web in the majority of cases.

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By: Kumo

Kumo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:47:51 +0000

Humm, I don’t agree with this post…
Yeah sure, the words “hello I’m a…” are overused, but when I arrive on a website I like to know what is it.
If I want to know more, I click on the “about” page, but I love to know the purpose of the site, company or person.
“I’m a graphic designer”, “This software provides you XXX”, “”A site about XXX”, it takes 2 lines but is reaaaaally pleasant.

For me, an introduction like Chris Spooner’s is not really original but verry usefull “Hello I’m Chris Spooner. I design stuff”.

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By: Joseph Rooks

Joseph Rooks — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:04:12 +0000

Carsonified.com has a great thing going on with using their whole site as an introduction to their brand and their entire team. I recommend checking it out, it’s one of the coolest business web sites I’ve seen in a long time!

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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:59:35 +0000

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:25 +0000

@ Sandra I appreciate your thought on this. I think you’re right about some designers going too far to be ultimately creative. I don’t think that the use of web and design is all that bad on these sites. It’s more the concept of this big intro text and the generic structure of them. If you’re a web designer, people should know! Thanks for reading.