A site affectionately called Modern Life is Rubbish has a collection of 8 Web Design Cliches that you thought were way-cool until you like, see that they're actually cliches and you ought to treat them like neon fanny packs. Unfortunately, I used just about every one of these cliches in my pitiful attempts at web design, so at least I know I wasn't alone. Of course, just because something is as cliched as Shakespeare's sonnets doesn't mean it's worthless. Gradients? Cliche? No way. I love gradients too much to ever give them up. Besides, even something as mind-numbingly banal as a visit from the local uber-Christian missionaries can still surprise the bejeezus out of you.
8 Web Design Techniques that are, shall we say, passe
Submitted by platypus matt on July 5, 2006 - 11:09.
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OMG Ponies!
Hamsters are sooooo passé. Ponies are in :)
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Charlie | cyberdash
Well, this is embarrassing.
Well, this is embarrassing.
I've been reading this site for about two years, and it has inspired much deep thinking. But what is my first comment?
I love your hamsters.
National Security Threat
Not to dispute overmuch--believe me, in terms of their elegance, these hamsters have few rivals--but I think they actually pose some sort of security threat. Look at their mesmeric qualities (and think about the enthymematic effect of that up-and-down motion). What might they be urging you to do? Perhaps, you might go online and reveal to a simulacrum Swedish university an important bank routing number?
When it comes to web design, micro and macro, http://www.levitated.net/daily/index.html is one of the best I've found--and it's all open source.
I heart Swedish Universities
Geez! You guys aren't going to let me live that down, are you? I did get paid, btw. They turned out to be legit! So, even though my spider sense was tingling like a K-9 unit at Woodstock, it turned out to be an above-the-board, honest Abe like transaction. It was like getting a tax refund after writing off $1000 worth of videogames as professional development.
Besides, in this day and age, account #s aren't nearly as sensitive as myspace passwords.
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