Comments on: Content Usability vs Content Design

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:08:55 +0000

I can understand your worry, Phil. You make a beautiful site and then some pain in the neck doesn’t ever view it - but justs reads the content in some naff looking reader. ;)

I guess it does show that ‘content is king’ (such a cliché now.) When writing, one thing I have to get used to is assuming the reader can’t see the site. (They may not even be online.)

I don’t really like using a reader personally. I visit sites individually. Visiting sites like joshuaink seem so much more appealing when reading the ‘real’ version.

What are peoples reasons for using a feed reader? Just curious to see if I’m missing something.

By: Paul Farnell

Paul Farnell — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:59:39 +0000

I think it’s ok that people don’t visit. However, I think it’s still important to have a decent design, in order for people to like your site in the first place, and therefore (hopefully) subscribe to your feed.

Content is more important than design, but design isn’t irrelavant.

Disclaimer: I design people’s blogs for a living!

By: Site-Reference.com

Site-Reference.com — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:40:58 +0000

Most RSS Readers do not allow the viewer to read the whole story. I personally rely on FireFox’s live bookmarks for my RSS feeds and read the story in the browser if the headline catches my attention.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:39:30 +0000

I say design a wicked-awesome site and offer an RSS feed…just offer an excerpt only feed ;) Then, you’ll have to visit the site for the entire article.

Note: comment meant semi-sarcastically

By: jhon

jhon — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:15:56 +0000

Hey bud,

I am sure there are some people.. like me, who still enjoy going to the website to read the “blog” -> i have yet to find a suitable reader, am not happy with most of them, and the web is faster load time for me, i just load up my blogs in the tabs. Then i read it at my liesure ;).

Cheers, and good work on colors.. i looowe them!!

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:43:42 +0000

Jhon,

That sums me up too, mate.

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Design By Tim » Blog Archive » Content Usability vs Content Design — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:37:09 +0000

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By: Melinama

Melinama — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:49:46 +0000

I use RSS because many sites I visit don’t post regularly. Also, many sites are OVER-designed and, especially (for instance, this one) have tiny print. Readability is king. I am very, very tired of fancy sites which may have been designed for huge monitors or by people who care more about how the site looks than how easy it is to read. Light blue print on light background=very poor design in my book.

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:15:46 +0000

Melinama,

Are you referring to the fadtastic links? Or something else?

Light blue print on light background=very poor design in my book.