xhttps://www.inc.com/magazine/201404/jason-fried/do-not-overdesign-your-website.html?cid=sf01001

Great short article on why it is sometimes better to keep things simple.

I’ve always been in favor of simplistic design for web sites – one of my pet peeves has always been having to wade through the cluttered mess I find on many sites. As seen in this site as well as in successful sites such as Google’s home page, clean and simple design is the most effective. This more so with the new trend towards responsive design.