Well, folks -- newspapers look "alike" too -- even when they are in
other languages than English.
I believe that as the web matures there will be different "looks" that
incorporate features like contents pages and indices in books .... I
won't pretend to know what they are.
And yes, there is some of the "me-too" in this -- but a HELLUVA lot of
it is based on common sense. Search engines -- get the text box close to
the top of the screen!
Also -- notice how they are all dropping frames and dropping heavy
images. That should continue as we move to CSS. Also, CSS promise to
resolve the problem of type looking different on wintel and macs - just
spec it in pixels instead of points.
Am attending the ThunderLizard WebDesign98 here in Seattle the end of
the month -- will report back.
Andreas Ramos wrote:
>
> On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
>
> > Has anyone seen any articles about why so many "portals" and search
> > engines/directories are assuming very similar interfaces? As they become
> > more alike, they are harder to differentiate.
>
> Yeah, I noticed this too. Esp. after Altavista took on a portal look. It's
> the latest Charge of the Lemmings on the net. First they all race to build
> malls. Then they clutter everything up with frames. Banners. Java.
> Remember push? And now it's portals. Disney paid millions to buy part of
> Infoseek's portal. Gotta have a portal!
>
> Netscape is number two (Yahoo is #1), but that's only because they are the
> default startup screen for Netscape users. Poor Netscape has to deliver
> their front page to 20 million users daily, but only for the first hop.
> Imagine such a thankless, useless job.
>
> The web is still trying to find itself.
>
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