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> All websites looking "the same" is effectively evolution at work. Many website designs and layouts have been tried, and the "best" of them have stuck around.
by cnasc 8y ago
> All websites looking "the same" is effectively evolution at work. Many website designs and layouts have been tried, and the "best" of them have stuck around.
Yes. This is quite similar to asking why all newspapers look the same.
- dsr_ 8y agoOne of them is pink. It's quite distinctive, but has not spawned a flock of imitators in blue, yellow, etc. The USA Today was the first to use color in the masthead (and on every daily paper's front page), and that has been copied by some.
- adventured 8y agoAttribute improvements are adopted when they make broad sense (including economic). The same with color television, or improvements in book printing quality. Comprehensive macro changes usually only occur when there is a rather extreme inflection point in technology that makes a true leap possible. Something that was previously impossible not only becomes possible, but makes the experience a lot better for the end user. That's why the iPhone approach murdered the old flip phone industry so rapidly, that technology inflection made a lot of new things possible that were very beneficial / desirable to end users. It justified a large macro change, which users had to adjust to.