If we're using fashion as an analogy, it's kind of a mixed bag. There's both this type of fashion: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c0/66/12/c06612029

If we're using fashion as an analogy, it's kind of a mixed bag. There's both this type of fashion: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c0/66/12/c06612029107b28aeac841b1586cce8c.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c0/66/12/c06612029... ...and this type of fashion: http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140521/640/fashion_runway_clothing_that_is_weird_and_wacky_640_34.jpg http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140521/640/fashion_runway... out there. Things can be fashionable, yet crisp and usable. Things can also be crazy, stupid (to most), and groundbreaking (to a few). Put another way, fashion currently dominates, but that would be okay since we don't need to sacrifice good visual design in the name of performance any more. Unfortunately: * People get lazy. * People don't user test. * People like to follow trends. * Designers and developers get micromanaged. ...along with all of the other monkey wrenches that most developers and designers have gotten used to. People end up building cool-looking websites that aren't as usable as they should be.