Web Design
topic on 5 shows · 7 statements across 6 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
My First Million 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
Top Founders 
How I Built This
7 statements about Web Design, every show
Parr: Studying design history for months puts taste above 90% of people
“And if you do that, if you spend about three to four or five months doing that, you will be better than 90% of people when it comes to having good taste.”
Courtney: Polished website designers are generally terrible at building sales funnels
“People who make really nice websites are generally not good at making funnels at all because funnels require really good copywriting and mostly it's about conversion optimization for that specific flow.”
Dill: Effective web design assumes visitors want to leave immediately
“So one, when you're looking at like web design, you kind of have to think about it as that they want to leave. Like TikTok is calling, they've got other things to do. And so what your job is, is to like show them why they should be there. And help keeping them…”
Dill: It is a bad sign if a website must explain how to use it
“And then never a good sign. If you have to tell them how to use it.”
Isenberg: Web design in 2023–2024 will favor custom fonts and Y2K aesthetic
“And I think from a web design trend perspective, where you're going to start seeing more in 20, 23 and 24 is custom fonts that, you know, that white, that Y two K aesthetic of like really big eye popping design, like less of that, like clean cut, sterile, you …”
Web Designers Made Easy Money in the 1990s Due to Rare Skills
“You could be a complete goof off, but make a lot of money doing it, because it was really, really a rare skill.”