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Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by fleddr »

burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

I'd add that design trends and taste are also regional.

Minimalism isn't appreciated in some Asian countries. Their print, ads and web pages use every single inch/pixel to saturate it with the maximum amount of content, be they text or visuals. It even translates to physical products, as an example a laundry machine with 500 buttons and lots of blinking lights.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by bearbearbear »

SamBam wrote: post #23
burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

Agree. I feel like I've heard so many comments recently that the web looks so boring, and people miss the old fun of the early web. And people who miss the web of the 90s and early Oughts are by definition not Gen Z... I'm excited for a bit of bang and pop and messiness and individuality to come back. With it, I hope for return of websites. You can't display individuality on an endless scrolling feed of social media.

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Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by user_7832 »

I am a little surprised to see no one question the author's description or assumption of "Gen Z".

As someone presumably from Gen Z, I find both interfaces either bad or terrible. The partiful design is outright tacky and looks terrible (nothing homogeneous, questionable design choices etc) but Filteroff has so much whitespace it feels like it was designed by soulless corps at Uber or Facebook who just studied from Pinterest.

And as a GenZ who's immersed in tech (news), the fact that this is the first time I'm hearing of Gen Z design definitely raised my eyebrows.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by IncRnd »

derefr wrote: post #33
burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

You’re talking about “weirdcore”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpgddVUidq0

That is the result of Max Headroom getting an account on Myspace while corresponding with Geocities for design tips.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by [deleted] »

severak_cz wrote: post #73
dylan604 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Literal ages is such a random gen-z way of describing this! I'm literally a video editor/motion graphics person, so no, this doesn't take "literal ages" to edit.

It's depend how you are skilled and how good your editor software is. With bad software it can take ages.

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Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by api »

jamil7 wrote: post #57
burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

> Minimalism is has probably already peaked I hope so, I thought that the original intent of it was anchored in a functional way of designing UIs. Now it seems to have been taken to absurd levels where important controls are hidden behind modals, dropdown, hover states, popovers etc. instead of just being visible and available when you want to use them. I really don't understand this but have given up pushing back on…

Every good idea gets unmoored from its original purpose and driven to absurdity. Look at agile, lean startup, etc.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by dntrkv »

endymi0n wrote: post #40
burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

Spot on. This is just the anti-trend to minimalism, which again was the anti-trend to what I grew up with: https://www.cameronsworld.net/ (which was the anti-trend to the original, booooooring beginnings of hypertext) 'All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.' — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

I think y’all are conflating two completely different things.

There are “fun” sites where proper UX, information hierarchy, and general good design patterns take a backseat to some wild design (band websites for example).

Then there are sites that focus on productivity which should have all the elements of good design. Craigslist is from the 90s, yet it doesn’t have sparkles and random shit scattered across the page.

Everyone is reminiscing about the wild designs of the past. How many of those sites you visited were actual productivity focused sites vs now? You can’t compare Geocities to Jira…

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by exhaze »

WesleyHale wrote: post #80

I see how you can reach a generational correlation, but I believe it's a age issue that isn't unique to any generation. The younger people want the pop and sparkles. The older people want what they're using to simply work because they value their time. The pop and sparkles are a distraction that doesn't add to the functionality.

Age is implied here. The author isn’t comparing the Silent Generation to the Baby Boomers. They are comparing two successive generations, which by definition, have an age gap.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by altcognito »

Very little character and "authenticity" in websites that default to very safe choices and heavy use of whitespace for a low density of information.

I'm not a designer, but that's the first thing that comes to mind when I see the "correct designs." You have zero branding. What website am I even on?

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