Design usually means arranging things in an orderly, meaningful manner, but this week we’re throwing that out of the window and going for chaotic and whimsical sites. Happy 4th of July weekend, everyone, and welcome to this week’s Friday Focus!

This week on Friday Focus, we celebrate great icon design which carries the overall look of our featured websites.

In this post we’ll have a look at usability by removing one of the biggest staples of design: Navigation. Plus 15 sites to prove that it’s possible (showcase).

Our jobs as designers, programmers, or web developers is never done. It seems that once a design is finished, we start thinking of things that can be tweaked, added, or taken away. It’s even worse with all the Web 2.0 speak and AJAX that seems to be everywhere. We don’t want to be left in the dust. However, in our efforts to have the latest and greatest incorporated into designs, we may have left someone else in the dust: our visitors.