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  • chedderfiend, on 07/07/2008, -4/+153is there a term for this super crisp 'web 2.0' art? digg's got it (sorta), apple embodies it, they used it in this. Its almost like minimalism or something, clean, crisp.. and very pretty.

    does it have a name? do you know what i'm talking about?

    whatever it is, I like it.
    • fuzzymonkey, on 07/08/2008, -10/+33I may be wrong, but I believe the term you are looking for is 'awesome'
    • anonymousleaf, on 07/08/2008, -1/+41It was called "clean" before everyone dirtied it up.
      • HeLLFyRe490, on 07/08/2008, -11/+2*cough cough* Microsoft *cough* Windows Vista *cough*
      • DragonForce4, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Robitussin
    • Khanvalescent, on 07/08/2008, -1/+124Vector (based) art, I believe.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 07/08/2008, -18/+6Kinda but not really.. Vector art also encompasses many things. Flash animations certainly aren't all clean style. And lets not even get into Anime/Cartoon art done with vectors.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11I should've been more clear. Obviously vector art is art described by shapes and gradiants. Obviously not everything i mentioned is always done in vector form (Some, rarely.)

        In fact, Web 2.0ish art isn't really vector art unless you make it using vectors - something you really don't have to do.
      • Lunarbunny, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3While it is true that this stuff is often made using vectors, you can get other looks with vectors as well, for example http://lapinlunaire.deviantart.com/art/AH-1W-Super ...

        Simply calling it vector art is like calling the Mona Lisa "oil on canvas" It may be true but it's not very descriptive.
    • nmnnotmyname, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3I don't know that there is a term for it, but I find it's usually just simplistic, glossy art. Some people dislike it but I personally find it alright.
    • Canadian0207, on 07/08/2008, -1/+16i was going to say, i for one enjoy the glossy art of web 2.0. I hope that doesn't go away.

      check out www.thinkgos.com or www.plaxo.com (two really well designed sites based on that concept)
      • Nobiting, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6dirty and grungy:
        http://wowriot.gameriot.com/
        http://misprintedtype.com/v3/fonts.php
      • pakke, on 07/08/2008, -1/+6Don't worry, they've been predicting the death of the glossy effect since the first glossy button appeared in the early years of web 1.0.
      • rompom7, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5That's the thing about trends in style. Everyone thinks they are awesome until the next thing comes along. At first you'll be like "nah, I still like the 'old' style". But then it will get more and more popular because everyone slowly changes their opinion as the trend grows. As the use of the trend becomes more mainstream, its not uncommon to hear people say how "they saw that style ages ago!" and the truth is they probably didn't like it when they first saw it.
    • Archer007, on 07/08/2008, -1/+13Lets call it clean, crisp, minimalism.
    • tuz100, on 07/08/2008, -4/+2Curved corners.
    • Pakman20, on 07/08/2008, -11/+1i always called the style "minimalistic"

      "web 3.0", anybody?
    • Daniel591992, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4The font surely makes it look nice. What is it?
    • ryleyleckie, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9crispinimalism
    • atdakore, on 07/08/2008, -1/+7Its called "Excellent" Design.
    • HencheMann, on 07/08/2008, -0/+40m i n i m a l i s m .
    • wanderingsun, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3I've been wondering what the term is for the curly design... like little vines all over the place.. and in corners. It looks like it'd take forever to do.
      • transfuse, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5Those are generally referred to as 'ornaments', but they've never had a specific name really.
        And yes, the more detailed ones do take quite a while to do properly. It's surprisingly hard.
      • enamresu, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau

        'flowing curvilinear' describes the type of ornamentation you're talking about, I believe.

    • Zakolus, on 07/08/2008, -5/+3One could argue semantics and try to define it as an art-form, the truth is, art is whatever the end-user (you) makes it. In real-life or on the web, that fact still holds true.
    • djnack, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3Good minimalism design is what I would call it. IMO the UI should be as transparent as possible to the user, allowing the content to shine. This of course doesn't mean it has to look *****. Just not be gaudy.
    • Spudster, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2Modern art was based on the idea that everything should be clean, structured and functional. It was a rejection of the messy elaborate styles from previous years (notice how 1950's print ads all had very messy, handwritten ad styles, while the 60's had very clean and easy to read words?) However, over time, Post-Modernism rose as a rebellion against Modern art. I guess we're reaching a Post-Post-Modern art stage now...

      I recommend people watch the documentary Helvetica. Fascinating stuff.
    • snaf2k, on 07/08/2008, -1/+2its called "trendy" :)

      I think it came from that era of deviantart when angles started to make sense
    • JDoms, on 07/08/2008, -8/+3whatever it is I HATE IT
    • kinggimped, on 07/08/2008, -5/+2Pretty sure it's just called Web 2.0.
    • itsmyjob, on 07/08/2008, -3/+0spam will always be there... mike@cnimtl.net
    • y0urcl0ne, on 07/08/2008, -3/+2Vector
    • theOster, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2diagram-y
  • therumster, on 07/07/2008, -6/+59This is a pretty accurate description of the web, and its pretty funny to boot.
    • mrbeagle, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8I was expecting some kind of diagram listing all the major internet hubs and their traffic, etc. Was sorely disappointed.
    • chaoswings, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1He forgot "ISPs begin imposing ridiculous bandwidth caps on North America and overpriced 3G plans to Canadians"
  • omar91, on 07/07/2008, -17/+6forgot about digg ...and youtube .
  • hawksfan03, on 07/07/2008, -6/+67Surprisingly accurate and funny also a beautiful Web 2.0 design
  • Masternajee, on 07/07/2008, -9/+1That is really funny. Thanks.
  • dha07030, on 07/08/2008, -5/+26"Diggs missing" - god we are a silly bunch
    • dlite922, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1"we're just not that interesting"

      "we don't affect the internet / the world too much"

      /yeah, duh! sarcasm what'd you think?
  • anonymousleaf, on 07/08/2008, -1/+354Firefox image is awesome.
  • shauntacular, on 07/08/2008, -13/+2The Dark Knight should be on here somewhere shouldn't it.

    Just never happy.
  • popstation, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2***** clever
  • YancyFryJr, on 07/13/2008, -10/+7http://steamsteamlol.ytmnd.com/
  • Danls92, on 07/08/2008, -9/+2It's the end of the web as we know, and I feel fine.
  • Nobiting, on 07/08/2008, -13/+3forgot mr. babyman being kicked off his throne
  • iDoraemon, on 07/08/2008, -1/+18Very nice illustration. That pretty much summarized the web. Well, except for one little thing...

    What exactly is Plurk? I'm still figuring out the hype behind the dirty euphemism-sounding Twitter, and it's already going downhill?
    • eihwaz, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3it's a new kind of twitter... I tried it, but honestly I don't like it very much. I still prefer Twitter, it's minimal and gets the work done without all that "karma" and emoticons and useless stuff.
    • hiPpymIck, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1it was mentioned on TWiT live this week

      ..one of the guys plugged it a bit

      link if needed
      http://www.twit.tv/twit
    • Nollykin, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Plurk would be okay if you could txt to it.
  • thegodfaza, on 07/08/2008, -8/+3lol. Firefox world domination day.
  • M724, on 07/08/2008, -7/+1It's kinda sad, really.
  • Dradu, on 07/08/2008, -7/+175I don't get it! I see the name "Rick" and a circle beside it, I might even consider the loop a "Roll" of sorts.
    It's puzzling me to no end. Anyone have a video demonstration of this?
    The picture just isn't doing it for me.
  • 0Xonox0, on 07/08/2008, -11/+6Wait, did I just get rick-rolled?
  • CYMR0, on 07/08/2008, -10/+3Crap! Did I just get Rick-rolled?
  • kadio, on 07/08/2008, -8/+4so the internet turned out to be ***** after all...
  • Grindordie, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2Thats great!
  • blindhammer, on 07/08/2008, -2/+242You know what. Screw this 2.0 and 3.0 stuff. Isn't it time we go retro?

    Oh yes. I'm talking about:

    http://www.5safepoints.com/

    Scrolling text will make a comeback!
    • webkami, on 07/08/2008, -0/+90Oh! My Eyes!!!!!
    • jnordb, on 07/08/2008, -2/+25That link made me gouge my eyeballs out with a rusty, spackle-encrusted putty knife and fling them across the room into Aunt Bertha's iced tea!!!!
      • po43292, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8dugg for randomness.
      • crazyjake, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5dugg for being so much of a badass that you typed that sentence instead of going to the hospital for your self-inflicted wounds!
    • joeleslie, on 07/08/2008, -0/+57The goggles! They do nothing!
    • williamlee, on 07/08/2008, -1/+33Oh yeah! I have new homepage for my IE 4!
      • riddlebox, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6View the Source.

        The mark-up makes me want to hurt kittens like GOD does.
    • thailand1972, on 07/08/2008, -5/+3coolio design
    • HencheMann, on 07/08/2008, -7/+5Hellz McYeaaaaah!
    • Chirp08, on 07/08/2008, -2/+19That's it, I quit as a designer, I can never achieve greater then that.
    • abajaj2280, on 07/08/2008, -0/+22i almost had a seizure in the computer lab.
      thanks.
      • imhalfpirate, on 07/08/2008, -0/+10Everywhere I look I see horizontal scrolling rainbows.
    • LeviTheSmith, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4anyone else got sites like that? if so link them to me please. i will give you internet credits.
    • gavin422, on 07/08/2008, -2/+15Web 0.1.1 (alpha)
    • djnack, on 07/08/2008, -6/+2Holy ***** I think I just had an epileptic seizure (picks self up off the floor).
    • VodkanLemons, on 07/08/2008, -5/+3***** Virginia's laws, dmv, cops, websites

      ***** Virginia
    • xObsoletex, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9Yahoo! SiteBuilder/2.3/1.5.0_05

      That explains it.
    • DreKor, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Bring back the /blink tag!
    • riddlebox, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1I'm Blinking Bitches


      Probably will get stripped from diggs superb XSS Prevention.
  • DrakeRangoon, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2I have a feeling that information will more and more begin to be presented like this.
  • tm89, on 07/08/2008, -8/+1Reddit displaced Digg??? huhuhu
  • GRVeee2, on 07/08/2008, -14/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • bxblox, on 07/08/2008, -5/+100Never heard of plurk.
  • aliguana, on 07/08/2008, -8/+1two girls and a cup?
    • lithera, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9Google it^^
    • Acglaphotis, on 07/08/2008, -0/+7Yeah. Do that

      *Raises pinky to the coner of the mouth*

      MUAHAHAHAHAHA.
  • eltardo, on 07/08/2008, -7/+10somehow, they missed the lolcats. thankfully
    • gigitrix, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3check out the old 1. He's already hit lolcats, RIAA, and vista. Love this guy!
    • lantza, on 07/08/2008, -0/+0http://0at.org/summer-2007.html

      If you can't find it yourself.
    • billbugger, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2 nice, except i can't agree with the "web 2.0" and not being recognized as a cheesy buzz word. That's been the sales guys' explanation of the new internet for a few years... and it still works.

      // Web developer, and cringe at that term.
  • Zombi, on 07/08/2008, -2/+2Fair enough
  • mynameistux, on 07/08/2008, -4/+5that was pretty good, professional artwork. Dugg.
  • rawnnie, on 07/08/2008, -15/+9This just isn't that funny or cool.
    • Clawfinger, on 07/08/2008, -1/+0The truth isn't always funny or cool ;).
  • niksy, on 07/08/2008, -5/+0Haha, nice one! :)
  • Providence, on 07/08/2008, -6/+77Dugg for Myspace "sucking harder than a black hole."
    • billbugger, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5How that damn site got popular then sold for as much as it did just amazes me.
      Coldfusion... wtf?!?
      Did they even know what html was or was this some tool's lame attempt to pass their high school computer class with "design" layout in Dreamweaver back in 2000?
      • pslocom, on 07/08/2008, -1/+0From my understanding it actually uses ASP.net and has the .cfm extension mapped to it.
      • Selfmadecelo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Application servers: For applications like e-mail, instant messaging and blogging, MySpace uses BlueDragon.NET software running CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) code on Microsoft-IIS servers

        http://computer.howstuffworks.com/myspace1.htm
      • rjc309, on 07/09/2008, -0/+0My understanding was that it was targeted more toward bands to begin with. I remember being persuaded to change from purevolume to myspace and lo and behold....
    • GhostyBoy, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1....i still kinda like myspace....

      *sheds single tear*
  • Nurven, on 07/08/2008, -6/+1Nothing about the digg recommendation engine?

    GRRRRrrrr, dugg still
  • mfingers, on 07/08/2008, -2/+0deatiling ?????!!??
  • xptweakerntn, on 07/08/2008, -4/+27Did I just get Rick Rolled?
    • lintmonkey, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11Is it now possible to text-based rickroll someone?
  • Falc, on 07/08/2008, -0/+59they did one for summer 07 too... but not as two-point-ohey...

    http://0at.org/summer-2007.html
    • drgmdp, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2better designed
    • goldenratiophi, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9"iPhone generates more buzz than a perpetual motion machine that cures bubonic butt cancer."

      So true...
  • Raphyy, on 07/08/2008, -6/+3This guy should be awarded a medal!
  • m3mn0n, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2And where the hell is the rest of the web??
  • jonmlm, on 07/08/2008, -0/+18maybe i read digg too much. but with some of those examples i'd have to call it "state of the web spring 2008"
  • zekemorgan, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1basically.
  • franklymister, on 07/08/2008, -8/+2How foolish of me to click this thinking it WOULDN'T be the same thing I saw on Reddit yesterday.
  • thailand1972, on 07/08/2008, -10/+12Inaccurate: Rick Roll is no longer a meme
  • ssj2119, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1awesome
  • yarayara, on 07/08/2008, -10/+1http://digg.com/comedy/Tales_Of_Mere_Existence_Boy ...
    • jmccgod, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1How dare you advertise your terrible submitted video on this comment board!
      Just get friends like normal people...
  • mm911, on 07/08/2008, -2/+80Rickrolling and 2 Girls 1 Cup peaked and died before summer began.
  • Hase0, on 07/08/2008, -1/+7Rick Roll me ?!?!? You Mother *****!!!!
  • abajaj2280, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1very very nice.

    i loved the hungry fox.
  • pigducksheep, on 07/08/2008, -1/+1Fire fox one was funny.
    • physco827, on 07/08/2008, -0/+12 words.......................really?
  • shufan, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6Accurate, awesome, and clean. Love the illustration. If only it was longer.
    • fictionalOne, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4That's what she said.

      /sorry, I couldn't resist. Please digg down.
    • shufan, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1When I saw a reply to this comment. I instantly knew what it would be... lol.
  • adidos, on 07/08/2008, -2/+3Mirror?
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