We're in the middle of "Over-Design". The carousels, slideshows, parallax scrolling effects, top screen loading bars, javascript animations, checkerboard image

We're in the middle of "Over-Design". The carousels, slideshows, parallax scrolling effects, top screen loading bars, javascript animations, checkerboard image and text lists are all signs of designers who are trying to fit design in places where its not needed. They're shoe-horning design into pages where the content doesn't even call for it. I think this is because what designers secretly want (being creative and clever) and what users want (simple and working) are starting to mismatch.