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Web design is now completely boring
- onion2k 11y agoIs this actually true, or has TNW just looked at a selection of websites biased towards their usual coverage? If all you look at are websites from SaaS startups then it's very likely you'll see a huge number of bootstrap sites than look very similar because the people who build them aren't designers and they want something passable that's easy to throw together. If you look a bit further afield, at sites designed by individuals and for established companies who aren't afraid of being a little different, there's some very interesting and exciting designs to see.
- krapp 11y agoAnd by "web design" you mean "professional web design." Yes, that's what happens when an industry matures. It collects standards and build environments and best practices and specs. Frameworks and bootstrap templates to reduce turnaround time, which tend to coalesce design patterns into a recognizable, interrelatable set of idioms. It's no longer acceptable for companies to have their web presence look like it was designed by a thirteen year old skiddie. Sites have similar layouts because businesses understand what layouts work, and that confused and frustrated users don't come back a second time. The web has just gotten old and mainstream. It's alright, it happens to everyone. Can't be hip and crazy forever, grandpa.