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Modals. They're used properly now, to a good extent, but 4-5 years ago everything was a modal. Hover states are also mostly gone from good design. Fixed-heigh
by debacle 11y ago
Modals. They're used properly now, to a good extent, but 4-5 years ago everything was a modal.
Hover states are also mostly gone from good design.
Fixed-height layouts were a fad that I think is on the decline, for good reason.
- pducks32 11y agoI think modals and hover states to some extent were a response to bloated sites—at least on the web. They needed a new way to grab your attention. They used everything in their arsenal already and needed to drive your focus. Thankful—as Hagel would appreciate—the synthesis was to turn down the crazy flashing, colors, super explosion that many websites are—and sadly many remain.
- pjungwir 11y agoHover doesn't work on mobile, so I'm not surprised it's disappearing. One trend I miss is the textured, paper-like backgrounds. It seems like they were everywhere a few years ago, and then they disappeared. I think Stripe had a background like that until just recently, and I thought of them as one of the last hold-outs.