pixelsurgeon/k10k/surfstation
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- animatedgif0
It's not really because of templates. But something definitely did put a stop to them all around the same time. It felt like in the space of a year that entire scene completely died down.
Although design blogs still exist, surely It's Nice That is like a modern version of those sites?
But for "design stars" it's more about being a twitter bigshot these days.
- Nathan_Adams0
Sites come and go, just like real businesses.
- dmay0
- mekk0
Those new template fuckers will go down, too.
Next step: Delivering content with plain, semantic markup, let the displaying device care for styling (Like the reader in iOS).
No more small online shops, just a system with a connection to amazon or whatever place is best. No more styling, only content and function.
- trooperbill0
@mekk nah next step is googles knowledge vault displaying answers in search so you dont have to click through to sites. theyre intent on making an answers engine and have been working towards it since mid 2000s. rumor has it that on 21st april they'll switch off knowledge graph and move to vault... might even mean links arent a factor any more... we'll see what happens.
- kinda what I sad; the device in this case would be googlemekk
- fyoucher10
Because everyone uses templates now and they were just featuring the same shit everyday.
- deathboy0
they got old. but k10k is still up
- formed0
I think WP, and maybe others, will continue to provide easier (and safer) solutions that anyone can implement. There will always be a place for niche designers, if only to decide the colors and do the labor.
Most people have horrible design taste, so even when presented with good options, bad ones get chosen.
The problem with bigger things like you guys are talking about above is the ads. We are getting inundated with stupid ads. This movement to satisfy WallStreet is destroying a lot of decent services while they chase profits (LinkedIn just killed their free search).
- CygnusZero40
The value of custom designs has gone down, as the quality of templates has gone up.
- fadein110
don't think it has anything to do with templates. They just had their day. It was more to do with experimentation with a v.new medium.
- bklyndroobeki0
remember designiskinky?
- whoah,... they didn't die http://designiskinky…bklyndroobeki
- yea theyre more artsy and still doing the conferencesdeathboy
- but i do miss half project
deathboy - I hate infinite scrollspinkfloyd
- trooperbill0
yeah i miss these sites. its all b-hnce and dribbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbble nowerdays
- Krassy0
Because they didn't have a COTD thread
- fadein110
how many designers does it take to change a lightbulb? 1 to change the bulb and 99 to say how good the old one was.
- autoflavour0
http://www.australianinfront.com…
lost all its cool, and no has the worst logo on the internet
- autoflavour0
remember newstoday..
whatever happened there..
LOLZ
- cannonball19780
Because functionality has deconflated with and trumped artistry.