Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
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Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
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Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#2How are any of these (except maybe the autoplay) due to HTML5?
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#3Back when I worked for a digital agency the number of requests I used to field from non-technical clients asking us to 'update' their sites by creating a carbon copy of their flash animations in HTML5 was staggering. That in itself wasn't really the issue, the issue was the misconception amongst non-techies that the role of HTML5 is a universally accepted flash replacement.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#4How are any of these (except maybe the autoplay) due to HTML5?
I agree, this is not due to HTML5 but poor design in some cases.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#5Aside from this being about design and not HTML5, is anyone else not surprised they didn't include "550 social +1, like, tweet, twat buttons"?
Look at that website: there's a social banner, a social footer, a social sidebar, animated gifs for ads. Make that 15 lousy web design trends.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#6"A decade ago the rise in popularity of Flash steered many web designers down the wrong path. It wasn’t the fault of the technology, but of the people using the technology. The same thing applies to HTML5: just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. I'm all for innovation, but innovation should not be regressive."
Yes. The first job of someone putting up a website new design or redesign is to do usability testing. Can a user who reaches your site by a search engine result or some friendly inbound link accomplish a relevant task upon reaching your site? If not, why not? As Steve Krug says, "this isn't rocket surgery,"
http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Surgery-Made-Easy-Yourself/dp/0...
and if you aren't investing in making your website usable for users, related to some purpose you had when putting up the website in the first place, you might as well do without having a website.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#7Back when I worked for a digital agency the number of requests I used to field from non-technical clients asking us to 'update' their sites by creating a carbon copy of their flash animations in HTML5 was staggering. That in itself wasn't really the issue, the issue was the misconception amongst non-techies that the role of HTML5 is a universally accepted flash replacement.
While accepting that it is not appropriate for every situation, I believe that the HTML5 canvas/video/audio/svg/dragdrop/storage elements are specifically targeted at replacing flash/silverlight so I can see how non-technical folks might get confused.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#8"But animations are a distraction and should be used with caution"
Agreed. It's like designers found out they can move things and are animating the crap out of everything.
They're forgetting what's important. The call to action button is the main focus and animating some random pictures get's the user distracted.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#9How are any of these (except maybe the autoplay) due to HTML5?
They aren't, it's just link bait. Every single one of these can be (and are) done with 'HTML4.x'.
Next week it will be because of Javascript or jQuery or the color of the Moon on alternate Thursdays.
Re: Lousy web design trends that are making a comeback due to HTML5
#10His best point is "Don’t use technology for the sake of it." This sentiment is true for design, but its core idea can be applied to pretty much anything. It is important to think about what you're trying to accomplish and use the technology to aid in that, not the other way around.