I notice I am confused. I do not agree with the statement “all websites should look clean and sparse” but I have also never once thought “this website is too clean-looking”.
These seems at odds with each other.
Perhaps I have not explored the right part of the website layout continuum.
You may sometimes have failed to think (or feel) “this website is dynamic and exciting and intriguing” where you might have done so had its designers given more weight to other things besides cleanness and sparsity.
Did you have to use the dirty napkin template? I was fighting the urge to wipe my monitor screen again and again the whole time.
I notice I am confused. I do not agree with the statement “all websites should look clean and sparse” but I have also never once thought “this website is too clean-looking”.
These seems at odds with each other.
Perhaps I have not explored the right part of the website layout continuum.
Sometimes I think “this website is really boring-looking”.
You may sometimes have failed to think (or feel) “this website is dynamic and exciting and intriguing” where you might have done so had its designers given more weight to other things besides cleanness and sparsity.
Parchment! Parchment, my friend. :)