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Remake, Remodel
25th May 2008
I just couldn’t help myself. I have redesigned Delicious yet again and have lost count on how many times I’ve done this over the past few years.
It made me acutely aware of my obsessive urges to rearrange Delicious every season. It really is just as simple as getting bored with the look and feel.
I know the current wisdom is to redesign less, so I kept much of what was there – colours and basic layout. I tend to keep everything simple when it comes to personal websites, so there is less to go wrong. I feel the more you complicate the process, the more temptation there is to keep refining it until, it’s whittled away to nothing.
I also wanted to use sIFR 3 again after being a little unsure about how usable it was. They have taken some of the kinks out and now it seems to be working across all browsers, even Opera.
Yet as soon as I had put it live, I had that ‘post purchase dissonance’ feeling. You know the one where you buy something expensive and suddenly feel unsatisfied.
As I write this, I feel the urge again. The site looks like a slightly wrinkled bed now. I will go for a walk, get some air and try to live with the imperfections a little longer.
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