Comments on: Do Canonical Web Designs Exist?

By: Picture Frame

Picture Frame — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:18:12 +0000

I agree “The web is not suffering from a lack of canonical design. It’s just that canonical design on the web isn’t as glamorous as some want it to be.”

By: jenpix

jenpix — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:18:38 +0000

Google’s new favicon as precursor to new interface update? Even if Google’s interface would change - at the end the current one works because the users get best search results by using the search engine with the “lousy” logo.

By: Chat

Chat — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:10:20 +0000

thank you

By: Fahrradwerbung

Fahrradwerbung — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:37:17 +0000

“The most widely used userinterface of the 21st century is a single text box with a submit button.”
No grafics, no colors - amazing

By: Oyun

Oyun — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:52:59 +0000

So, as a designer, do I worry that Google has a lousy logo? No…and I don’t think many web designers do. Most web designers know that the value of Google is in its utility, not its appearance. Can it still be canonical? Absolutely.
Absolutely, I dont worry too.
Oyunlar

By: Chat

Chat — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:22:33 +0000

The Vignelli map is a hideous monstrosity that manages to plagiarize Beck’s wonderful London map while stripping it of any elegance.
and to add to your points, i think it’s safe to say most of the time, what pleases the designerati community doesn’t actually coincide with what the real users are looking for.

That certainly doesn’t mean thing has to be ugly to be able to succeed, just that visual design in web, as much as we like to disagree, maybe a tad bit overrated.

sohbet

Arkadaş

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By: vasıta ilanları

vasıta ilanları — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:42:29 +0000

A web site can (should) have both, but it is far more critical for the site to work well then look good. It’s like a car, at the end of the day, you want one that gets you home. But, you are happier if it also looks good.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:46:54 +0000

Excellent views my friend.

We can now actually segregate web design into various sub-fields/sub-domain

CSS, Markup, Usability, Accessibility, Conceptualisation, the list goes on…..

By: Fazal Majid

Fazal Majid — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 19:23:38 +0000

The Vignelli map is a hideous monstrosity that manages to plagiarize Beck’s wonderful London map while stripping it of any elegance.

By: ron

ron — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:36:01 +0000

the prettiest and most visually interesting websites are often the most useless and frustrating - ie all the flash websites. flash websites are canonically the worst. the best websites are the ones where you get the info you want easiest and fastest.

breathtaking insight, i know.

By: Konstruktors Notes

Konstruktors Notes — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:15:10 +0000

How Graphic is the Web Design, and How Web is the Graphic Design…

Sorry for such a long heading, but it is the question which by itself is an answer to those trying to understand how the web design is different from the graphic design.
Designer and writer Armin Vit recently asked [W]hat web sites could be considered…

By: Blaz

Blaz — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:46:10 +0000

Print is hard, Web is harder.

While we can certainly learn a lot from print, and we should, there is a lot more to it on web.

I guess we all agree that form should follow and elevate function(interaction).

Web is just different media, where function is more important then visual design (Isn’t that with all thing that should be used). It’s possible to drive an ugly car, but you cannot drive a car without an engine. But having a beautiful car and usably designed car with an engine is what we all want I guess.