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Opinion Column: The Sad State Of The Web Design Community
- karipatila 17y agoI find it interesting that Smashing Magazine started publishing stuff that many see as the exact opposite of their current image. Even articles that flat out criticize them. Think what you will of them, but at least they're trying to make some kind of a change.
- rev087 17y agoI agree, but I hardly believe we will see any change soon. There's a link to a "sister site" in the body of the article; if you follow that link, the very first article in the page fits exactly in the criticism being made. I'm aware it serves as auto-criticism, but still...
- karipatila 17y agoThat's the thing. I wrote the article and had no idea they were going to do that. I mentioned in the beginning that I wasn't going to name any particular sites as a part of the problem, which is the only reason that "sister site" wasn't in the original copy.
- a-priori 17y agoMy prediction: in n years, there will be another article talking about how the XYZ design community is dying slowly. Replace n and XYZ as you see fit. There will always be a market for high-quality designers; there will always be a market for cheap, low-skill designers. Accept that idea and get back to work on being one of the former. I call it my "the world is not going to shit" theory. It's pretty handy whenever the doomsayers come out of the woodworks.
- mikeytown2 17y agohttp://www.alistapart.com/ http://www.alistapart.com/ is where I learned a lot. One of the classic articles was about using an unordered list to make a menu. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/horizdropdowns/ http://www.alistapart.com/articles/horizdropdowns/
- karipatila 17y agoALA is fantastic, but it currently caters to a different audience. There's high demand for a site like the previous version of ALA, or even SM in its original form.