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Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#51

This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.

I don't know. I really enjoy 10 popups when i visit a website.

Would you like to signup for more popups?

"Yes" or "Not right now"?

You selected "Not right now" the last 187 thousand times in a row, but maybe today you've changed your mind.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want to make websites like this and run into the same problem every time: phones exist now. The website is illegible on my phone. I have to do some zooming and panning and it feels awful. It’s difficult to have a nice “classic web” page that runs on phones without a lot of care to use media queries. Not that that’s a deal breaker but it quickly departs from the “keep it simple” philosophy of these designs when you…

> The website is illegible on my phone. I have to do some zooming and panning and it feels awful. I see this complaint often, but I don’t get it. Zooming and panning are two dead simple gestures on any smartphone browser, no more difficult than scrolling. Out of all the annoyances I’ve encountered visiting a website on my smartphone, having to zoom or pan ranks near the bottom for me. Why is it such a nuisance for ot…

Requires more than my thumb. So now I have to alter my entire ergonomics of phone usage for a page.

Double tap can sometimes work.

The other issue is that now the website has two overflow axes. So I’m just kinda wandering a page in some way that wasn’t designed by the author. To each their own but it feels janky and uncomfortable to have to wander a page. Especially if the page was designed with a certain viewport size in mind. They’re not expecting this case.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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I think this has been posted multiple times but, yeah, they are never going to succeed with a website like this.

You don’t need a flashy site if you already have the reputation. But without other signals an old simple site will be interpreted by many as an indicator of something amateurish or outdated.

Not for restaurants.

Restaurant websites should be a readable pdf of the menu and prices and operating hours with a link for further information about the restaurant.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#55
I get it, but I don't think many companies could get away with this. The site is for serious investors and simplicity is part of the brand. Imagine miro.com (whatever that is but I've seen lots of ads for in on YouTube), using this type of style - it seems unlikely that it would be successful. I'd like to see someone try however.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it would be like Bill Gates advertising for Windows and Xbox at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Like I get the incentive but it doesn’t seem like the right place for it

They’re not Buffet’s side hustle. They’re Berkshire subsidiaries. It’s more like Microsoft’s website having an ad for an GitHub or LinkedIn on it.

To be clear I think the weirdnesses is in the pseudo-personal tone of it. This isn’t your uncle trying to sell you on his new business during thanksgiving dinner.

This is a billionaire trying to sell low low prices to presumably investors.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#57

I wish more websites/companies realized how effective, practical, and beautiful this design is.

While I appreciate the sentiment, some of this hyperbole is a bit much. This _could_ be a beautiful design with some simple padding and margin updates, but as it is, horizontal text that literally stretches 24 inches across my 1440p monitor is not what I'd consider effective, practical, or beautiful.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#58

I wander if you look at "website bytes" to market cap as a metric, these might be most valuable bytes? (That's if you ignore the websites of subsidies)

If they took down their website tomorrow would their market cap change at all? Are these then perhaps some of the least “valuable bytes” which explains the website’s design?

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#59
Uh oh! Check out the Legal Disclaimer. >Reproduction or distribution of any materials obtained on this website or linking to this website without written permission is prohibited.

Linking to this website without written permission is strictly prohibited. Really hope meesterdude obtained said required written permission prior posting.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

#60

It’s weird that the “message from Warren Buffett” is an ad for Geico and a jewelry brand. I get that they’re subsidiaries but still.

I assumed this was a fake website that was trying to get people to buy dodgy insurance "because Warren Buffet recommends it".
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