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Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by mgkimsal »

mattferderer wrote: post #32

> Web design 3.0 is the new dimension. It has the free positioning of elements, overlapping, and layers like in Graphic Design tools. It opens the new prospects for Web Design. And it is the beginning of the new Web Design era. No offense to the author but this is not new. Of course neither is Web XXX 3.0 which has been used for over a decade. I'm somewhat sad to see the Flash era wasn't mentioned. A lot of this non…

> And one can not forget the days of giant images in Photoshop spliced apart to make a web page.

"Forget"? Are they gone?

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by arthev »

I like web design 1.0.

Funny that all examples of web design 1.0 present ye olde web as "boring" pure text websites rather than the rivetingly fun designs going around (see http://mentalfloss.com/article/53792/17-ancient-abandoned-we... :) ).

Also, any mention of "design progress" sounds odd.

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by pixelrevision »

I don't get what they are trying to say here. They talk about positioning and overlapping as if they are new features. All this stuff has been baked in for a long time the hard part is making the layout adjust to multiple form factors.

They show some pictures of intricately laid out shelves and all I can think about is how they are going to look when you squish them. The "free positioning" in their 3.0 illustration reminds me of using tables to lay things out precisely and having everything break when you need to change the text. Forget about providing content with a CMS.

At the end of the day it's not about "better tools" it's making tradeoffs between a tight elegant design and a need to show dynamic content on a wide variety of devices.

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by pixelrevision »

jeroenhd wrote: post #24

I've never heard about "Web Design 3.0" before, but now I know a term to describe websites that care more about artistic expression than bringing across information. Seriously, most of the examples of "Web Design 3.0" look like a piece of modern art. That's great for showcasing your portfolio as a web designer, but if you try to be artsy with the menu of your restaurant I'm going to the competitor. Compare the "Web 2…

Web Design 3.0 = Print designer who just won't give up the good fight

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by typeformer »

As a web designer, I can tell you this whole post is the worst kind of garbage content marketing. They call their product web design 3.0, and yet they say Webflow, a product superior in almost every way, doesn't qualify for that designation, please!. In addition, their homepage for their own product is pretty terrible design wise and I have a strong feeling this must have been upvoted with bots.

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by typeformer »

two2two wrote: post #30

I've not used Nicepage before, but I have used the majority of WYSIWYG editors mentioned in this article. It's an exciting read for a designer like myself because I've been thinking about this problem for a while. The conclusion is fairly misleading because it's missing the glaringly obvious answer: designers could learn HTML and CSS. I fought it forever thinking that there will always be a WYSIWYG and they'll eventu…

Have you used Webflow?

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by pixelrevision »

two2two wrote: post #30

I've not used Nicepage before, but I have used the majority of WYSIWYG editors mentioned in this article. It's an exciting read for a designer like myself because I've been thinking about this problem for a while. The conclusion is fairly misleading because it's missing the glaringly obvious answer: designers could learn HTML and CSS. I fought it forever thinking that there will always be a WYSIWYG and they'll eventu…

"Then on the other end of the spectrum are artists, who need a blank canvas to fill out their ideas."

For the most part people who are like this should be doing a different specialty related to design (graphic design, branding, tv, print...). Web design for the most part is taking a lot of data and fitting it into a limited space that changes based on the user's preferences and device.

And you are right the simplest solution is to just learn to write code. Once you get a good setup going it's less painful than using the pallets in photoshop and you'll have a hell of a lot more control and flexibility. I think people get intimidated because when they think of code they think you'll need a lot of math and arcane knowledge. CSS is a much different thing that often makes more sense to designers than it does to developers.

Re: Web Design 3.0: When Your Web Design Matters

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Post by snegu »

dccoolgai wrote: post #19

How serious is this vs. tongue-in-cheek? The tone of this article (dripping with sarcasm, I think? E.g. over-repetition of "Web Design".. Web Design 3.0) seems weirdly out-of-sync with the content. If it's a Kaufman-esque joke it's done really well... if it's an actual advertisement for nicepage, it's weird... _BUT_ if it's a stealth thinkpiece about how _no_ design really matters if your content is off, it's absolut…

> For the first time, this article shares the secret about how to create the trendiest web designs in the world.

When I read this, I was sure I was in for a fun takedown of web design gimmicks. Sorely disappointed.

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