Does it really matter how you appear on the outside, or are your mental processes more important? The age-old debate between form and function has been discussed endlessly. Does it really matter how you appear on the outside, or are your mental processes more important? The age-old debate between form and function has been discussed endlessly. Web design is not exempt as a profession. Since the conception of the website in the early 1990s, discussions on the significance of both aspects have been going on. How could you, as a site owner, strike a balance between the two? What are the inquiries that you ought to be asking yourself? What part do both play, and how significant are they to the audience of today?