Comments on: Trends Past and Present

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:31:41 +0000

Do you find it ironic that you think a solid color background is now fresh and different yet you have a gradient?

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:34:28 +0000

Dan,

fadtastic has adopted many of the fads and trends we comment on (starburst/sticker logo etc) hopefully to create something which doesn’t look a mess! ;) The gradient background was put in as another fad example.

It’s the nature of the journal. When solid colour becomes trendy again we’ll adopt. I promise.

(P.S. Nice Halloween design)

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:26:00 +0000

I think dark & colorful, with all these sites in white, pink and green colorshemes and so on, it takes away the charm and uniqueness of those color combinations, maybe some experiments with blue? ( I miss well-designed blue sites )

By: Tanya

Tanya — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:28:25 +0000

I expect to see a surge in the “footer.” Seems more and more people are adding information below the main posts.

By: Mark Daoust

Mark Daoust — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:32:09 +0000

Simpler, more basic designs in the spirit of A List Apart.

Fewer ads, less overwhelming images, and more straightforward content.

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:08:24 +0000

Tanya,

I agree that footers will be used to offer more information than the usual legal bumph.

Mark,

Fewer ads would be great! I agree with content changing, although it may not get simpler - just more refined.

By: Tia

Tia — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:55:42 +0000

I like the old trend for images like old paper, books tickets stuck on the screen. I started to build one at http://www.livejournal/users/cj_sunshine but was called away to other things and never got it finished. The CSS gallery sites are facinating. I hope this reboot starts a lot of new ideas rolling. I only found it a few days ago, but the next one I’ll spend time over.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:49:31 +0000

A long while back I did an intricate background site for my wife…

Check it out here…

By: Jem

Jem — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 19:21:16 +0000

“I’d like to see the rejuvenation of sites using just plain colour backgrounds”
..well, I must admit I’ve started using solid backgrounds again on some of my websites!

I just wanted to pass on my compliments for a great CSS Reboot. I particularly love the colours. Bravo!

By: Sherwin Techico

Sherwin Techico — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:05:15 +0000

Well, I haven’t really given careful thought to what I would like to see trend-wise from the Reboot. However, I was surprised finding a couple of sites using animated GIFs pretty well with their Reboot. That was awesome =)

Meanwhile, I would like to thank you guys on a nice Reboot. Oh yah, great thoughts as well.

By: Matthew Pennell

Matthew Pennell — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 09:44:43 +0000

While it may not be new, I noticed that a lot of rebooters are drawing inspiration from nature - there were scores of sites featuring flowers, butterflies, trees and other flora/fauna this year (mine included). So that’s my prediction for 2006 - more wildlife!

By: C Montoya

C Montoya — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:49:13 +0000

I used a solid color background on my website. For some reason I thought it would look better without being “contained” and surrounded by a background image.

Still, I also used some current fads, such as black with light colors, and a beefy footer. I think they are good fads.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:53:24 +0000

Green is the new blue.

By: Will Clark

Will Clark — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:34:55 +0000

I definitely think the juxtaposition of “clashing” mediums will continue to be popular. Emotions of warmth and sophistication, or old-world charm seem out of place in a technological setting as browsers, operating systems, and network connections. But, the contrast is what makes them so appealing. In my limited experience, www.onlineclassical.com really was one of the first sites to effectively demonstrate an old-world feel in a new-age medium.

This may not be a trend, but I think the next challege for many web designers will entail learning how to design for a post-800×600 era. Wider layouts, maximizing the real estate of larger flat panel displays, will require us to think differently in terms of content presentation. And with more pixels allowing for a possibility of more content, the decision also will include what content should be provided, and how much.

By: pixeldiva

pixeldiva — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:12:39 +0000

Faux ripple java applets are the new black!*

*I jest of course.

By: Andrew Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:42:04 +0000

Thanks for all your views so far. I think it’s interesting that we’ve all come from different angles (colour/type/theme/etc). Keep the suggestions coming!

By: Tauquil

Tauquil — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:37:49 +0000

I vote for the “wet floor” look, as recently seen in iTunes and Apple’s Front Row app.

You know when Apple release a new look it’ll be copied across the web.

By: Steven Hambleton

Steven Hambleton — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 19:33:33 +0000

I like the new wallpaper tiles around. Especially the manor house styles. Does anyone have a good resource site that I can reference?

I see a lot of diagonal line borders and more nature these days. My site uses a mix of gradients and solid colours.

I think sIFR and AJAX (Prototype) effects will become mainstream in the near future…

Seeing that I have been in this web game for less than 4 months my opinion is purely a stab in the dark!

By: tekp

tekp — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:06:18 +0000

Not specifically a design trend, but the URLs of a lot of websites have been played around with lately: del.icio.us, shauninman.com/plete. Apart from looking clever, this is presumably to help users remember a website’s URL. I think this will become a lot more popular once more combinations are thought up.