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Is it just me or is modern web design degrading into flash-era sludge where you have to sit and watch 20 seconds of lines dancing around before you can get any

Is it just me or is modern web design degrading into flash-era sludge where you have to sit and watch 20 seconds of lines dancing around before you can get any information? As a nerd who can appreciate the technical aspects I'm even finding it extremely overdone and obnoxious. There are cases, such as telling an interesting/interactive story, where it makes complete sense. However for an informational/product web site, I'm generally not there to be W0W3d by your 31337 w3b skillz. Am I just old fashioned?

woofyman 11y ago
The 3d stuff makes me nauseous.
8ig8 11y ago
I'm with you. As I was loading the page, it felt like one of those dreaded old splash pages.
aethr 11y ago
I guess, like every form of advertising, you have to know your market. This tool seems targetted specifically at designers and front end devs, a distinctly visual group with a high level of overlap with the "appreciates cool front end techniques" group. Maybe in this case it's actually a canny strategy for getting their attention? If this was a tool for capturing and analysing network packets in vim, probably not as appropriate... I also noted that the site loaded and animated poorly in FF, but was much smoother in Chrome. I thought it was a much nicer experience when I switched browsers. Does that say anything about this tool? Possibly!
interactiv 11y ago
This is a tool for web designers so it makes sense to try something a bit flashy. Now is it efficient or does it help convey a specific message I don't know. To their credit the site is responsive and there is less animation on smaller screens. As an ex flash designer, the problem is often that doing these kind of stunts in HTML5 takes way to much time for an average result at best. And the browser tends to behave in unexpected ways( horrible lags when scrolling in Firefox, timing will always be an issue when it comes to webtechs and animation,especially with CSS animations that are totally unreliable , Flash kind of guaranteed a stable frame rate at the price of a higher memory and cpu cost ). People are also less patient today, they want to get what something is about in less than 10 seconds when they visit a new website.
tiagok 11y ago
i'm a designer .. and learned to program 7 years ago . i really miss flash as a way to design experiences ! thinking design in html/js/css is a horrible way to live !

woofyman 11y ago

The 3d stuff makes me nauseous.

8ig8 11y ago

I'm with you. As I was loading the page, it felt like one of those dreaded old splash pages.

aethr 11y ago

I guess, like every form of advertising, you have to know your market. This tool seems targetted specifically at designers and front end devs, a distinctly visual group with a high level of overlap with the "appreciates cool front end techniques" group. Maybe in this case it's actually a canny strategy for getting their attention? If this was a tool for capturing and analysing network packets in vim, probably not as appropriate... I also noted that the site loaded and animated poorly in FF, but was much smoother in Chrome. I thought it was a much nicer experience when I switched browsers. Does that say anything about this tool? Possibly!

interactiv 11y ago

This is a tool for web designers so it makes sense to try something a bit flashy. Now is it efficient or does it help convey a specific message I don't know. To their credit the site is responsive and there is less animation on smaller screens. As an ex flash designer, the problem is often that doing these kind of stunts in HTML5 takes way to much time for an average result at best. And the browser tends to behave in unexpected ways( horrible lags when scrolling in Firefox, timing will always be an issue when it comes to webtechs and animation,especially with CSS animations that are totally unreliable , Flash kind of guaranteed a stable frame rate at the price of a higher memory and cpu cost ). People are also less patient today, they want to get what something is about in less than 10 seconds when they visit a new website.

tiagok 11y ago

i'm a designer .. and learned to program 7 years ago . i really miss flash as a way to design experiences ! thinking design in html/js/css is a horrible way to live !