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This is because people need variety in fashion items, you can have non-mainstream clothing but still dress normally on other days, tech hardware meanwhile is bo
by mrisoli 9y ago
This is because people need variety in fashion items, you can have non-mainstream clothing but still dress normally on other days, tech hardware meanwhile is bought because of functionality first, so (most)people don't have multiple smartphones to match different occasions and settings.
Software, OTOH, is also very conservative, this is because familiar design patterns ease users' learning curves(and conversion optimization in the case of commercial websites). However, there are some movements about creating non-mainstream websites such http://brutalistwebsites.com/ http://brutalistwebsites.com/ which I find interesting.
- throwanem 9y agoWhat's brutalist about those? I'd understood that movement to revolve around the aesthetic of the raw material (béton brut, "raw concrete"), which translated to the web would seem to suggest basic HTML and images with minimal to no styling and Javascript. The sites linked on that page seem instead to prefer a "high style" approach that's similar to the mainstream aesthetic in every respect save the look of the result.
- mrisoli 9y agoTBH I think these websites use the term brutalist too loosely. I am not an expert but AFAIK brutalist architecture was about a lesser concern with aesthetics and more with function. I also expected brutalist web design to be more about minimal styling and javascript. I just pointed this site because that's what came to mind as to the closest that web design has to "non-mainstream ugly fashion".