We can now add Pitchfork to the growing list of sites that have ruined their web design. Facebook and ESPN made some portable friendly sites and they are annoying. Sites like Gawker also have swapped their look and have become worse for it. I'm not really sure why web design is all that difficult. I mean, it's not easy and my own lack of HTML knowledge is why I stick with the fairly basic Movable Type default three-column look but I'd have to think that people have figured out a way to build a better website.

Granted, I wasn't a fan of the Java/Flash phase when everyone had to have weird and pointless graphnics and what not before downloading a page but there's gotta be a way to make a site both visually pleasing and simple enough for portable devices.

Pitchfork also loses points for making the biggest thing on the screen their banner ad.