>> Stripe's design isn't great design. It's design that a certain people like. If you're saying it's great, then define for whom.
Isn't true that this point is valid for draftsend.com too ?
Besides, I'm ONE amongst 'those certain people' WHO LIKE Stripe's design.
Since we've starting discussing not only about Stripe's design, but also brought draftsend.com to compare with, here is my humble opinion:
With due respect to draftsend.com's designer, it has just few pages with very basic information and resembles a familiar wordpress or bootstrap theme. No doubt that draftsend.com is a GOOD DESIGN. But, it is NOT a GREAT DESIGN EITHER! And draftsend.com is in no way comparable to Stripe's design with its width, breadth and volumetric information.
Now going over the Stripe's design... below are good points about Stripe's design:
1. it has a dynamic and fluid theme which keeps the visitor engaged through out the page(s).
2. encourages further readability.
3. design theme and colour is so appealing that continued visit as well as repeated visit(s) don't appear to be boring and brings some sort of freshness each time, though - it's the same design and content.
4. it creates a better image about the company (Stripe).
5. and, it conveys the following:
5.a. the company is meticulous which can be expected from their other deliverables (either product/service).
5.b. the company is adapted to new and emerging trends in design, hence the same could be expected from their other deliverables.
5.c. the company is professional.
5.d. the company can afford to the heavy lifting of such a wonderful and modern design.
5.e. the company is NOT sticky with traditional design.
5.f. the company does NOT fall into a stereo type.
...and others could say a lot as well as better about Stripe's Design!
Let's imagine some companies (like Sun Microsystems) making wonderful language (like Java), and provide NO IDEs. We really had tough time during the initial years of Java - just with Borland JBuilder and some other primitive IDEs - until we could get wonderful IDEs like Eclipse followed by IntelliJ-IDEA.
It's widely understood that you're referring to JetBrains' Kotlin. In such case, really industry-famous-IDE support for a 'new language', is some sort of a gift!
Besides, why would a company want to invest in R&D to create a language and just give it for FREE, without any tangible business benefits.
Remember, Sun did so... giving away Java for free. Eventually - under stress - they themselves were sold (and bought by Oracle).
Actually, Java has made programming easier compared to C++ with 'elegant Syntax' (similar to C++) and 'sensible semantics' (similar to Smalltalk) - especially 'without pointers'!
And probably, Kotlin has made it even simpler than Java.
So, it's an evolving process.
On the other hand, JavaScript - though still painful - has no alternatives... hence, JavaScript is still OK - without any close competitor!
Isn't true that this point is valid for draftsend.com too ?
Besides, I'm ONE amongst 'those certain people' WHO LIKE Stripe's design.
Since we've starting discussing not only about Stripe's design, but also brought draftsend.com to compare with, here is my humble opinion:
With due respect to draftsend.com's designer, it has just few pages with very basic information and resembles a familiar wordpress or bootstrap theme. No doubt that draftsend.com is a GOOD DESIGN. But, it is NOT a GREAT DESIGN EITHER! And draftsend.com is in no way comparable to Stripe's design with its width, breadth and volumetric information.
Now going over the Stripe's design... below are good points about Stripe's design:
1. it has a dynamic and fluid theme which keeps the visitor engaged through out the page(s).
2. encourages further readability.
3. design theme and colour is so appealing that continued visit as well as repeated visit(s) don't appear to be boring and brings some sort of freshness each time, though - it's the same design and content.
4. it creates a better image about the company (Stripe).
5. and, it conveys the following:
5.a. the company is meticulous which can be expected from their other deliverables (either product/service).
5.b. the company is adapted to new and emerging trends in design, hence the same could be expected from their other deliverables.
5.c. the company is professional.
5.d. the company can afford to the heavy lifting of such a wonderful and modern design.
5.e. the company is NOT sticky with traditional design.
5.f. the company does NOT fall into a stereo type.
...and others could say a lot as well as better about Stripe's Design!