When Wikipedia revealed its massive website redesign last week,
not everyone was thrilled. One reader called the new columns
"ludicrously narrow," while another said an image surrounded by
white space was "a really bad idea." The larger font and
pictures looked nice, but Wikipedia's users liked the old site
design, thank you very much--the one that hasn't changed much
since the site launched in 2001.   Craigslist is another example
of a site that refuses to update its look and feel. It relies on
email to correspond with users, even in the era of SMS and
social networks, and has rarely, if ever, changed its text-heavy
design. You can add Drudge Report and Amazon to the same list.
These sites might be ignoring design innovation but they seem to
be doing just fine.   "The desire to redesign or change often
comes from the internal people wanting to mix it up or remind
people they're out there," says designer Shane Mielke, who's
worked on campaigns for Mazda and Call of Duty. "Sometimes
change happens because ther