Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by webmasterish » Wed, Jul 22, 2009, 10:01 PM UTC

Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design
singlefunction.com

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by mrlebowski » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 12:12 AM UTC

I found most of these sites to be pretty low on content...

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by michaelfairley » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 12:17 AM UTC

(Not mentioned) My personal favorite: http://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com...

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by ambulatorybird » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 12:17 AM UTC

mrlebowski wrote: post #2

I found most of these sites to be pretty low on content...

Yeah, it's easy for the design to be minimal when the site doesn't do much.

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by seldo » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 12:18 AM UTC

I love d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com the best. I should register a site that explains the difference between principle and principal.

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by Oompa » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 1:20 AM UTC

I love Konami Code Sites. http://konamicodesites.com/

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by dkokelley » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 1:21 AM UTC

seldo wrote: post #5

I love d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com the best. I should register a site that explains the difference between principle and principal.

There are quite a few basic grammar sites that could (and probably should) be developed.

  Their, There, They're.
  We're, were.
  i before e...
  The correct spelling of many common words.

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by psadauskas » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 1:24 AM UTC

It's not loading for me. Firefox's "Connection timed out" page is pretty minimal, though.

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by Oompa » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 1:33 AM UTC

michaelfairley wrote: post #3

(Not mentioned) My personal favorite: http://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com...

I like how it's white on black instead of the typical black on white. Perhaps because of the impeding doom.

Re: Examples of Extreme Minimalism in Web Design

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Post by tapostrophemo » Thu, Jul 23, 2009, 1:33 AM UTC

dkokelley wrote: post #7

seldo wrote: post #5

I love d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com the best. I should register a site that explains the difference between principle and principal.

There are quite a few basic grammar sites that could (and probably should) be developed. Their, There, They're. We're, were. i before e... The correct spelling of many common words.

My personal pet peeve:

    s/independant/independent/g