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I'm fascinated by the oscillation between straight corners and rounded corners every so often. One is popular for a while, then the trend goes the other way, a

• Analemma_ 6y ago
  I have this theory that it's because of the "A/B-ification" of all web development. Our brains like novelty, and so when we see a different shape from what was there yesterday we instinctively prefer it, and so the A/B test dutifully reports that the new one performs better. And then two years later the same test tells you that people prefer the old shape, which is now new again.
  • hombre_fatal 6y ago
    The pendulum swing of the cool thing becoming lame and the old thing becoming cool describes all sorts of human trends. Being a human endeavor, it always existed in web design as well. There was no -ification. Even the themes of early PHP software oscillated like this.
  • jbboehr 6y ago
    > Our brains like novelty, and so when we see a different shape from what was there yesterday we instinctively prefer it How do you reconcile this with people complaining about redesigns? I tend to hate them, personally.
• benrbray 6y ago
  To me, the most infuriating trend in web design is adding a crazy amount of padding to everything and increasing the font size! The old TS website packed a ton of information into a single screen, but it seems like I need to scroll quite a bit in the redesign before I see the same amount of information. Zooming out to 75% improves the experience, but honestly I feel like I'm going crazy!