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Category: Creative
Less is More: Minimalism in Web Design
Posted by Sean in Creative, on June 02, 2009 | 0 Comment
With the advent of faster processing and higher internet bandwidth, web designers are able to capitalize on such advantages to create websites with interesting and complicated animation and functions that weren’t possible a couple of years back. Java-heavy scripts and Flash interfaces are frequently found on all kinds of websites in order to pique visitor interest in the website. That said, these elements can often be superfluous. They can distract users from the original purpose of their visit, which is obviously not a good thing.
Nifty AJAX navigation tool
Posted by Keith in Creative, on October 03, 2008 | 0 Comment
Mashable‘s one of my favourite blogs and like Facebook, they’ve recently had a facelift. Besides having a lot more white space and switching from a 3 to 2 column layout, they’ve introduced a pretty nifty way of navigation at the top of their pages.
The ribbon displays news articles with thumbnails and titles horizontally. Articles are grouped in tabs, based on either popularity or selected categories. A neat feature is the ability for users to hide the ribbon as well. I personally found this form of navigation quite useful and effective. Of course, too much AJAX on a webpage can sometimes be an overkill, but in this instance, I think it works for them. What do you think?
