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- m60dude5, on 08/13/2008, -5/+77I really enjoy the direction some websites are going, as far as design. Some people can code wonderfully, but fail to see how important the visual interface is to the user. A user thinks, "wow, this site looks awesome, and I can navigate through it very easily." They don't think: "This site looks horrible, but boy is this coding job awesome!" I wish some web developers would remember that. Whenever I desing a site for a small business, family members, etc, I always sketch it out on paper first, then add a color scheme, then code it. I can code any htm / css page, but the design is usually the hardest part to get just right.
- wikwam, on 08/14/2008, -2/+54i miss seeing more of this kind of stuff on digg...
- cbeach, on 08/14/2008, -1/+24DUGG for avoiding meaningless "Web x.x" buzzwords.
- irishjays, on 08/13/2008, -3/+25Boy, I hope Diagonally striped DIV BKG's stay forever!
- WoollyMittens, on 08/14/2008, -3/+15Why is the "latest trend" always to cram a screen full of nervous graphics and squeezing the actual content in the remaining square inch with a fake-scrollbar?
Form follows function. - lulzitsadigg, on 08/14/2008, -0/+10Why would you?
Coding something on the level of Wordpress by yourself would take months, if not years. - bpoteat, on 08/14/2008, -0/+10For real. Just look at that boring craigslist site. It'll never get popular.
- Lynxist, on 08/13/2008, -2/+11You cannot beat a great design for sheer visual impact - the design alone wants to make you share the thing. Fortunately there are still enough talented folk out there to keep us well stocked with stuff that makes the web fun again.
- lcarsdeveloper, on 08/14/2008, -2/+10I'm NOT SPAMMING but, look at my website at www.cheap-male-enhancement-and-debt-consolidation-115.net
Just because you say you're not spamming doesn't make it true.
I'm not accusing you of being a spammer, but you're a spammer. - Frost9999, on 08/14/2008, -0/+6These are the kind of sites that visual deisgners have. Great for them, but no good for most other purposes. This kind of 'goofy illustration' design doesn't fit with many brands.
- inactive, on 08/13/2008, -4/+10NEAT!
- td001, on 08/14/2008, -0/+5no way.. WordPress ROCKS!!! as a developer, you can create a really flexible site that the customer can go and use on their own, and take it almost anywhere to be hosted.. and not need to call you every time they want to make a little change.. and its open sourced, and free.. and if you know what you are doing, you can make it do almost anything you want.. sure custom designed web apps have their place, but that is better suited for uses other than blogs..
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -1/+5A lot of the Cut-paper style cartoons are nice. Some of them I really can't stand, like the band one. Just seems like poor illustration to me.
- Stevo23, on 08/14/2008, -3/+6I love having to scroll past a giant header graphic to find a narrow bar of content that only takes up 20% of the available screen width.
- d1a1s1, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3Ha, Looks like the "Pointless Ramblings" site was expecting us.
- jktress, on 08/14/2008, -1/+4These sites are definitely works of art, but with a few exceptions I don't think they are good examples of great design. I welcome the trend as long as usability doesn't suffer as a result.
- inactive, on 08/13/2008, -3/+6I think this work is beautiful!
- andsalvatierra, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3No point in reinventing the wheel, man. Wordpress works very well and it's constantly improving.
- ManOfVirtues, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3Being a web developer I agree with the positive interactive trends in web design (ie. thinking outside the boxes), But I keep seeing reviews for these new trends with absolutely no impact on the corporate world.
- ptoast, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3The real test is with pencil and paper? What a load of crap. Try telling Craig Mullins hes not a real artist because he paints in photoshop. Hell, try telling me I'm not an artist because I paint in photoshop. I too enjoy painting on canvas and messing about with various oils and galkyds... but you are being nothing but phobic by saying that traditional mediums are the only true test of skill.
- mockupscaledown, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3I'm just glad the deer antlers, rainbows, diagonal stripes and drippies trend is finally (mostly) over.
- thesprucegoose, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3Amen. Something that's not about Family Guy or John McCain.
- rowjimmy, on 08/14/2008, -0/+3some interesting designs, but none of them would really work for anything other than graphic designers/musicians/"hip"-bloggers/children-related sites. can you see any big e-commerce site adding a fancy pseudo-psychedelic background to their header?
- shto, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Nice/interesting designs. But some of them are really taken to an extreme of "beauty". I like the simple yet effective ones like Rawkes or Navigant, but the other ones can give you a freaking epileptic seizure from all the colour combinations.
- azazel00, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Really mature, mate.
- esc27, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2Some of those look beautiful and functional, but many look like they would be an absolute pain to use and navigate. Especially for people with smaller screens or problems with eyesight.
- sinrtb, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2The problem is the designers do not code and the coders do not design. In general you will be good at aesthetics or logic not both. I would have no problem coding any of those sites but the best design i could come up with on my own would be about as bland as they come
- Aitese, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2But the man DOES have a point. I have all the news I need subscribed in my RSS reader.
- vuthy, on 08/14/2008, -3/+5Man, I wish I could draw like that. Then I'll let someone else figure out the CSS to make it look right in different browsers on various operating systems and at different screen resolutions.
- rowjimmy, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2deviantart.com
- stormado, on 08/14/2008, -0/+2The article is not saying that this is the overall trend in web design. It's focusing specifically in illustration. I think that the sites featured in it are managing the space fine. There might be some sites that do squeeze the content and makes people think that using this much illustration is a bad design but the text content is very legible and accessible.
- videogamedieter, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1As a designer I love seeing innovative sites, its just too bad that all of our clients think that the 'Apple' style is really hip right now....gag
- saralovemuffins, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1I feel ya!
- inactive, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1thank god that was deleted... ig
- evulhotdog, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1die in a fire.
- joshcxa, on 08/14/2008, -2/+3That Mandy Reid one looks great!
- pbone, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1stop ***** spamming douchebag.
- BrendanSheehan, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1Yeah, but like he said it's easy to navigate. The coding job could be good or bad, most people don't care as long as they get where they want to go in the easiest fashion.
- SreyaNotfilc, on 08/14/2008, -1/+2It's kinda like the games industry. Sure we have a ton of new technologies and amazing coders but the first thing that gamers looks at are the graphics. There are many games that are immediately dismissed because the graphics are not up to snuff. Sadly, those games never get a chance.
I'm actually designing myself a social art site. The hardest part is getting the visuals just right. I currently have a notebook full of layout ideas that I'm trying to get just right. Most likely I will fail since my team consist of only me :( . - N01SE, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1The progression of computer graphics on the web and thus in designs is pitiful. While we're trying to figure out the best way to round a f-cking corner, the computer graphics industry is bridging the gap between what is real and what is CGI.
Browsers should support 3D APIs and shading languages through encapsulating libraries, compatibility comes in the form of gracefully degrading to software implementations if hardware is not supported (the majority of cards in internet-connected computers either have OpenGL, Direct3D, GLSL, Cg, or all).
2D/3D graphics hardware support can be used to create and better visualize dynamic data, more immersive experiences, create complex vector graphics (think of a website which scales graphics with window resolution), allow the proliferation of web-based 3D modeling and image-processing tools, creation of 3D hardware-accelerated, browser-based games,........
The technology is moving at a disgraceful pace and it shows in these designs (and most others). Rant over. - GavinZac, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1All or most of these sites were web design group sites. They have little or no function other than to look good. Lets see them 'design' digg or something as (margianlly) useful!
- funtooshgirl, on 08/18/2008, -0/+1Most of illustration are cool cartoon looking example.
- component, on 08/19/2008, -0/+1Octonauts Rock!
- championchap, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1Not so sure about that myself.. I've dabbled in both areas.
I come from a more artistic background but have developed a bit of an interest in Code.
Anyway, what I've found is that the actual sites design wont take up THAT much of your time.
It'll take considerable time, dont get me wrong.. but what takes up much more of MY time anyway is writing the code behind it all.. true im not very experienced, but i'd imagine that even for professionals the design element of the website wouldnt take nearly as long as the code behind it.
Especially considering bug fixes, code refinment, new features, etc.
But maybe i misunderstood you.
did you mean that people should spend more time than the already do on the design of their sites in general?
Or maybe the author of this site? - nickert0n, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1Amen to that, I cant stand that Grandpa trying to fit in crap
- AngelaQ, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1Actually the "real" test would be whether the artwork enhances the functionality of these websites or not. Does it work better for this artwork, or is it harder for the end user to use? I see lots of "latest in design" posts where the designers are designing to impress other designers and themselves. The designs end up taking away from the browsing experience. The content is lost in a swirl of fussy doodles. If the surfer can't tell on page 1 what the site is about and how to navigate, they may click away before ever finding that info.
- AngelaQ, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1Designers trying to show off their art skills to other designers. The clients trust them, sometimes unfortunately.
- AngelaQ, on 08/14/2008, -0/+1What do you mean by "coding"? If the whole point of the site is the artistic design, then the functionality has become a lower priority and the browsing experience will suffer.
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