Comments on: Why Less is More

By: 9rules Network: Weblog

9rules Network: Weblog — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:05:04 +0000

[...] Here’s what Om thought about the makeover, and also what Mike thought. [...]

By: Ed Byrne

Ed Byrne — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:17:39 +0000

With SO many blogs using Kubrick or K2 and just changing the header, this design is refreshing and clean, I love it!

I’m another follower of the “Less is More” philosophy. Less wasteful design, less unrequired nav’s and info. More RELEVANCE. More DIRECTION.

It’d be nice to see the usability guru, Jakob Nielsen’s view on the site, against his recently published ’10 Mistakes of Blog Design’

By: Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » The Economics of Attention Crisis

Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » The Economics of Attention Crisis — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 15:41:40 +0000

[...] Lets juxtapose this with the so-called business model of this blog. Most of the advertisers (including Google AdSense) are based on the 20th century model of CPM, which basically means creating more and more pageviews. In reality, any blogger worth his opinion should be striving for attention. Attention, that is becoming harder to get and retain. I have been chanting the Less is More mantra in recent times, trying to restrict the # of posts, and focus on saying something that gets your attention. So is there an alternate model? I don’t have the answer, but do you? [...]

By: Rob_P

Rob_P — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 19:50:32 +0000

After playing around on the site more, the only thing I dont like is the css comment properties. When I was reading through a post with 10+ comments it is hard to define if the name above or below the comment field is ther person leaving the comment.

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:51:09 +0000

I like it. (see, less is more)

By: Less only works if what you have is great at 3e-lab, home of rob poitras

Less only works if what you have is great at 3e-lab, home of rob poitras — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:52:24 +0000

[...] Om has his site redesigned. I liked it the way it was before. The color scheme right now is too neutral and doesn’t match the importance or impact of his writing. He claims less is more, maybe it will just take me some time to appreciate the new design. [...]

By: Joel Johnson

Joel Johnson — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:25:19 +0000

Fuck. Does this mean I have to change my shirt?

(Humorously, to me, I was actually looking for a story in which to spam comment about the new-yet-again design. Imagine my delight at this very thread.)

By: Broadband Blogger

Broadband Blogger — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:14:29 +0000

Like what you’ve done, much cleaner.

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 03:48:39 +0000

The comment above did not show what i highlighted, sorry – Instead of “Manish at October 17th….” in the comments, shouldnt it be “Manish on October 17th….”

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 03:46:37 +0000

Oops, just noticed something. The line showing the time and author of the comment seems an oversight to me – “Manish Oct 17th, 2005 at 8:41 PM”. Shouldnt this be “Manish Oct 17th, ….”.

By: Manish

Manish — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 03:41:24 +0000

Hi Om,

I am a regular reader of your blog and I greatly appreciate your take in the broadband world. This site appeals much more to me. It is much more readable and thanks for relegating the ads to the detailed page.

However, the color of the site appears incongruous with the nature of the content, subjects and the personality it represents. IMHO, the site presents content on the cutting edge of technology – the colors (shades of blue) appear to lag behind.

By: peter lake

peter lake — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:20:03 +0000

QESG not. The previous versions have tended to feel like om has a personality. This is blando land. The logo treatment at the top gives it away. Do it again.

By: Mike Rundle

Mike Rundle — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:10:02 +0000

Hey Dorrian, you’re right. We’ll be adding that for sure.

Thanks for the feedback.

By: Alex Dorph

Alex Dorph — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:16:08 +0000

Hey great page, I cant say I understand everything you are talking about here, but I likes it! :O) R2000

By: Mike Steinbaugh

Mike Steinbaugh — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:58:39 +0000

Looks great!!

By: Dorrian

Dorrian — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:25:54 +0000

Maybe I am missing something but why is there no easy way to navigate content (prior story, next story) both in this version and the last. I find that I have to go back and forth between my portal page and back if I want to see your last 3 stories for example. If I click archives, it seems I am forced to pick a category and not see all by date.