]> http://www.easyweb.co.uk/taxonomy/term/91/0 en http://www.easyweb.co.uk/design-patterns-in-current-web-design <p>Drawing on examples from a few sites I know quite well (Spread Firefox, Linkedin), and quite a lot more I don't, here's an analysis of the design patterns used by the best of current web designs:</p> <ul > <li >Simple layout</li> <li >3D effects, used sparingly</li> <li >Soft, neutral background colours</li> <li >Strong colour, used sparingly</li> <li >Cute icons, used sparingly</li> <li >Plenty of whitespace</li> <li >Nice big text</li> </ul> <p>See the examples, and a fuller explanation of each of the patterns at<br /> <a href="http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm">http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/current-style.cfm</a></p> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/design-patterns-in-current-web-design" dc:identifier="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/design-patterns-in-current-web-design" dc:title="Design Patterns in Current Web Design" trackback:ping="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/trackback/83" /> </rdf:RDF> --> design web Fri, 10 Feb 2006 23:42:11 +0000