Boring design

Obtrusive design is the result of every project manager, business analyst, designer, and developer unwilling or unable to question ill-considered business requirements or design decisions. Make it Boring — Jeremy Wagner

This story is as old as the hills, and we encounter the problem at different times, in different ways and for different reasons throughout our web careers, but mainly because managers look at rather than use. They think people can be persuaded while they use something by anything apart from what the thing they’re using being useful.