(Warning: outsider perspective coming) Why do all of these startup ideas always have similar web layouts? It may be "cool" in YC-land but that's no way to stand out. The idea is intriguing though.
I posted something to that effect a while ago, and got some _very_ interesting responses. They opened my eyes to css grid frameworks and other goodies, that underpin much of the new minimalist designs.
Designers take inspirations from other designers. "Wow!" becomes "Let's borrow that cool effect from example.com" to being "OMG, another damned site with round borders" in a few months to a year.
I think there's a simpler explanation: they just haven't had time to put something more attractive together. Once they get a bit bigger, they usually seem to grow progressively more fancy.
Actually I like this possible recent trend of uber-simplistic web UI designs. I'm a passionate believer that simple web designs are the best. They're the fastest and cheapest to create. They are the fastest to transmit over the intertubes and then to render. And they are the least burdensome on the enduser's eyes and brain. And they help focus on substance & functionality over flash/chrome/foshizzle/sparklies. Pretty is good. But doing something real, quickly, and then getting out of my way, is better.
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(Warning: outsider perspective coming) Why do all of these startup ideas always have similar web layouts? It may be "cool" in YC-land but that's no way to stand out. The idea is intriguing though.
I posted something to that effect a while ago, and got some _very_ interesting responses. They opened my eyes to css grid frameworks and other goodies, that underpin much of the new minimalist designs.
http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=1604693
Designers take inspirations from other designers. "Wow!" becomes "Let's borrow that cool effect from example.com" to being "OMG, another damned site with round borders" in a few months to a year.
I think there's a simpler explanation: they just haven't had time to put something more attractive together. Once they get a bit bigger, they usually seem to grow progressively more fancy.
Actually I like this possible recent trend of uber-simplistic web UI designs. I'm a passionate believer that simple web designs are the best. They're the fastest and cheapest to create. They are the fastest to transmit over the intertubes and then to render. And they are the least burdensome on the enduser's eyes and brain. And they help focus on substance & functionality over flash/chrome/foshizzle/sparklies. Pretty is good. But doing something real, quickly, and then getting out of my way, is better.