http://westciv.typepad.com/dog_or_higher/2005/11/web_blandards.html
+ discussion at
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200511/standards_do_not_stifle_creativity/
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On 12/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, is the technology dictating the look, or are all these things
just accidents of history because some major relaunch like the
stopdesign/AdaptivePath redesign of Blogger looked that way?
I think what you are talking about are fads.
Hi John
Sites look similar because the early standards-based web developers were so
influential. CSS-based design is different beast than table hacking and
people feel more comfortable riffing off a successful site than learning a
new technique with a design out of their head.
As
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not a question so much as a discussion topic -- is there a particular
look to standards websites? Is there an aesthetic developing from
the technologies we use?
Many standards websites have subtle gradients in backgrounds -- is
this because designers are confident
Ted Drake wrote:
Hi John
Sites look similar because the early standards-based web developers were so
influential. CSS-based design is different beast than table hacking and
people feel more comfortable riffing off a successful site than learning a
new technique with a design out of their head.
Hi John,
Many standards websites have subtle gradients in backgrounds -- is this
because designers are confident in using PNG files which do gradients better
for smaller file sizes?
My opinion is that gradients and textures are introduced to recreate the
textures of real world surfaces not
