8 Web Design Clichés of 2006
January 9th, 2007One thing that has persisted throught the life of the hypertext-enabled web however, is the design cliché - trends or ‘memes’ that catch on amongst a large percentage of web users. We’ve seen dancing hamsters, Animated GIFs, the <blink> tag and Netscape Navigator all come and go - but what about the more recent trends?
Well, rats, I’ve only got three on this site (gradients, diagonals and shiny floor). My personal blog only has two (gradients and diagonals). I’ll have to try harder. At least drop shadows and rounded corners dropped off the list for 2006. I’ve got little tiny drop shadows under the text on the navigation buttons. YAY WEB 1.0! Both of my sites have tags, but only as part of the blogging software, and I’m using them more as just categories; I think the article is referring more to “tag clouds.”
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(Disclaimer: the above is meant to be facetious.)
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