Craig’s List will never win an award for design, but it’s definitely the easiest forum to find deals, events, and jobs. Why clutter your page? The cleanest, simplest designs are the most effective. Users want the easiest path or solution.
GoDaddy is too cluttered. Yahoo is too cluttered. This blog is too cluttered (with awesome stuff.)
There is a lot we can trim on our websites. Put your most important links in prominence, and other links can live at the bottom. Prominence can also cut the amount of links on your page, leaving them only in places where a user might find them relevant. For instance, Facebook realized that it was a hassle to have an “edit profile” link at the top, and so now they allow users to edit from their profile. Clean + Simple = User-Friendly.
Smashing Magazine posts these great sites as examples of minimalism. Jump there>>
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