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Like many others in here I had completely forgotten about DN. I don't think I stopped visiting it because of declining quality though, but rather that the conce

Like many others in here I had completely forgotten about DN. I don't think I stopped visiting it because of declining quality though, but rather that the concepts and principles of good design proliferated. A decade ago I still had this feeling that design was a secret world that I wanted to grasp but which felt out of reach somehow. Today, for better or worse, the essence of what we've learned is embedded within components, templates, frameworks, and examples, making the web predominantly aesthetic. It's more uniform which is boring, but I think the era of changing trends is more or less behind us. However, industry-specific differentiation persists—a fashion retailer's site diverges from a SaaS platform's landing page, yet each conforms to the norms of their niche.

noduerme 3y ago
> the era of changing trends is more or less behind us I find this statement very odd. Even if everything had somehow reached a state of near-perfection, the history of the web (and fashion, architecture, etc) seems to me to be an endless series of proofs that as soon as a period's worth of designers think that the arguments have been settled and all theories have been tested, some new trend (or a resurrected ancient monster) will come along and totally upend what's popular. I think this happens if only because young designers need to rebel. Ten years from now we might be living in a new era of glossy jelly buttons or steampunk or chrome or baroque flourishes. We might hate it - but in fact, the previous generation hating it might be the point.