Attractive Things Work Better

   Don Norman talks about a collection of tea pots he owns. One is a beautiful tea pot but it is rather difficult to use because the handle is on the same side as the spout. Another one he says is so ugly that it has it's own appeal. And the last teapot had it's own unique quality. He said that he used all the pots equally but it depended on wether he was in a hurry or not. This example explain how all things no matter how attractive or easy to use they are can still have a purpose.

   Joshua Porter talked about Myspace. He talked about how popular the site is even though the overall design isn't to good. He goes on saying that it's more likely that the users have bad taste and that's why it looks the way it does. But he then says that the main attraction to myspace is the ability to customize your main page how ever you want. 

   They both bring up a good point that even if a site isn't very visualy pleasing it can still be a success. In my opinion a site that has bad links and hard to read text is doomed to fail. Take care of that then you can work on the beauty of it.