Del.icio.us is one of my favourite websites and I use it to tag sites every day. In fact, anyone that subscribes to this site's RSS feed also gets a copy of my tagged sites every day. So when I read today that they are planning to change the site, I became concerned.

Don't get me wrong - I am not averse to improvements and upgrades. But sometimes a website doesn't need to be changed. The Del.icio.us site works fine, it is stable, I have never seen it crash, it does what it promises - so why change it? What could the Del.icio.us team do to possibly improve on what is already there?

This is one of the unfortunate side-effects of Web 2.0. Website feel that in order to "stay in the game", they have to constantly modernise and upgrade their websites. If a rival goes all flashy then everyone else has to as well, lest they be accused of "lagging behind". Why can't people just recognise a winning formula and stick with it? Minimalism is good - just look at the Google website. They've hardly changed their design ever and look how successful they are.

Sometimes it isn't the design that counts but the service you offer your visitors. The rest is just meaningless window dressing.