'Web design is boring'

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• GeorgesII0

  long rant incoming:
  Hey this is GXIII from the future and I blame no one,

  The reason most webdesigner find the current state of web desing boring is because they are still stuck creating and browsing web through a computer/phone screen.

  the true experimental stuff escaped the web a few years ago,

  example:
  I've been working with chatbots all week and trying to give them emotions and allow them to connect and communicate will all the web enabled devices,

  Let's give an example.

  I want to browse qbn,

  U = user
  B = bot
  D= device

  U: Open QBN
  B: Where would you like to browse QBN.
  U: Open "pic of the day" on the living room screen and sort by newest.
  B: Ok, done
  D: Living room activated and redirected to POTD
  --
  U: Can you also queue the last 10 Videos from "What are you listening to" on my running playlist
  B: Ok, done
  D: New video added to your playlist and available in all your connected players under "running" playlist
  --
  in the meantime, you will receive visual responses from your bot controller to make sure everything is fine.
  

  Do I want to go back to doing cutting hedge webpages, yes, but I find it utterly boring because I see it as limiting :/

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  • yep, it's just become another tv channel... hence the general dullnesshans_glib
  • but the topic is about web design.fadein11
  • ^ you still need to design the interface, the medium has changed, the same experimental thing you could do by killing the ram in chrome, you can now do byGeorgesII
  • allowing multiple device to connect to the web and serve you everything you want, just that now its not only stuck on a computer screen. so web design is stillGeorgesII
  • here, but it has become lazy because there is a device fatigueGeorgesII
  • So, web design becomes boring and repetitive because of the devices? Same design on a wall would be less boring?sr_rosa
  • I think you're totally missing my point, device has become "boring" because the devices ecosystem was evolving faster than the web technology, so to make sureGeorgesII
  • you could run everything on 20 different devices you had to limit the experimental (aka nice crazy design) to the minimum. Now currently the web is in a crisisGeorgesII
  • because there's a device fatigue, you can design all the most crazy website and interaction but what's the point when only a fifth of the device will be able toGeorgesII
  • view them as they are supposed to be viewed. So this is why it has become boring. I'm just giving you an example of what devs are doing right now which will givGeorgesII
  • you a totally different experience. both can still use well designed interfaces, but what's the point when most people don't really careGeorgesII
  • oooh and the main reason why we are stuck here is because apple killed flash, so there's wasn't an unified format to push crazy experiential designs on,GeorgesII
  • People have never cared about design. But if designers don't care about design, is a huge problem.
    
    Make the web blink again.sr_rosa
  • I see what where you're going and I agree, but the task become a lot more tedious when you actually have to build those crazy webpage and lost nights because IEGeorgesII
  • 10 doesn't allow PNGs or safari still won't allow anything else than iframe in IOS, the thought alone gives me goosebumps ehehheGeorgesII
  • It's tedious? Come on!
    IT'S OUR FUCKING WORK!!!sr_rosa
  • TBH, I gave up two years ago and my bank account has never been happier heheheGeorgesII
  • We used to spend a lot of time after work learning and discussing design. Now we want someone on stackoverflow to solve our problems.
    
    I blame CandyCrush.sr_rosa
  • nah, I blame steve jobs for shutting down flash before we had a viable alternative, so much chaos enssuedGeorgesII

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