I'm a big fan of the 'grunge' trend we're starting to see
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-m...
Website of the future: what does it look like?
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Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#12Be aware of a problem here. If you go back several years and look at sites people defined as "cutting edge" or "futuristic", they were mostly gawdy Flash-ridden wastes of space that were certainly unique, but ultimately unusable and hard on the eyes. Even if you go back just a year, Adobe's Flex was being touted by many as a way of the future - especially in e-commerce - yet take a look at Amazon now. It's evolved, b…
2advanced.com; when I was a young chap I'd spend hours just mulling over Eric Jordan's stuff.
Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#13A short while back, the folks at Adaptive Path invited me and the gang at Unit to contribute to a cool project they had in the works for Mozilla Labs. Our part would be to design how The New York Times sports page would look a few years into the future.
Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#14Aza Raskin is developing some really cool technology over at Mozilla, dealing with things such as user interface and intuitive design. I expect that some of what he is producing now will be standard within the next couple of years, for example Geode, which was discussed yesterday (http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/10/introducing-geode/).
Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#15the website of the future will be a wiki. Simple navigation, lots of content, but based on real impressions of your company by customers, partners etc. instead of propaganda from the company.
Do you honestly think that's not a terrible idea? Replacing your company website with a wiki? Maybe there's a tiny minority of companies for which that would work -- they'd be small, obscure, have a loyal fanbase, and almost never piss anyone off. For anyone else it's a disaster -- all you need is one disgruntled customer (or fanboy for the competition) with too much time on his hands.
It's not just the "control content from one bad seed" issue. Wikis are great to solve some problems, deliver some content, etc, but they're not the answer for everyone. There are different levels of transparency for us to explore...
Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#16My top sites of the moment that to be are trend leaders:
Re: Website of the future: what does it look like?
#17Be aware of a problem here. If you go back several years and look at sites people defined as "cutting edge" or "futuristic", they were mostly gawdy Flash-ridden wastes of space that were certainly unique, but ultimately unusable and hard on the eyes. Even if you go back just a year, Adobe's Flex was being touted by many as a way of the future - especially in e-commerce - yet take a look at Amazon now. It's evolved, b…
2advanced.com; when I was a young chap I'd spend hours just mulling over Eric Jordan's stuff.
So I'm not the only one! Ah to be 16 again... everything flashy was good.