There's been a lotta talk (some just rambling
) re:
Web 2.0 , the new web, tha Intarweb, what web design and interaction is moving to. I've got a few links to some nice tutorials about web 2.0 design and thought I might share some with you.
The basic cliff notes edition of what web2.0 design is about:
- Simple layout
- Centered orientation
- 3D effects, used sparingly (drop shadows, reflections, fades)
- Soft, neutral background colours
- Strong colour, used sparingly
- Cute icons, used sparingly
- Plenty of whitespace
- Nice big text
Some BIG no-no's:
- Java Applets (Script is fine though)
- Animated GIFs (the blinky ones)
- 100% Flash sites
- visible tables
As for the last one (visible tables) that's one area I think most forums and other scripts are lacking - we
really push the boxy cookie-cutter design. No-one has yet to create the css-only divs-n-peas forum script, whoever does will be leaps and bounds in front design-wise if they are able to get it to look nicely in all current popular browsers. I imagine we are still a year or more away from that.
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm - probably the best article, the rest are also good.
http://www.profitpapers.com/dev/web-20-design-tutorials.phphttp://www.vipedio.com/roman/blog/20culture_full.htmlWhat progress are you making in design on your site, or are you still reveling in the designs of the oh-so-yesterday web1.0?
Post some other examples of web2.0 done right when you run across them - a prime example is probably
www.alistapart.com
