New style of Website becoming popular

[richinri]

I am posting this here and in the web design forum since it covers both graphics and web design. From what I am reading, this is a new style becoming popular perhaps due to tablet/phones tile designs.

http://www.hotscripts.com/blog/whats-fuss-flat-design/

[gwpriester]

Sketch has been designing websites like this for a long time.

[steve.ledger]

Probably be of more use in the Web Chat area as this is about web 'design' aesthetics.
Unlikely to be of much interest for folks who read this section and are not interested in creating websites.

Edit: Ok, I see this is a duplicated thread.

[gwpriester]

I already moved it. There and back. Though I agree with sledger.

[richinri]

Since I fail to see a website that does not include graphics and given Xara is now both a graphics and web page program, I find this distinction confusing.

[graphicsfactory]

Since I fail to see a website that does not include graphics and given Xara is now both a graphics and web page program, I find this distinction confusing.

There are certainly websites without graphics. But, that is really not the point, in regards to distinction. Unfortunately, most web designers are new and have little to no experience in the print and graphics world. I've been involved in print since the early '80s, LONG before computers and WYSIWYG. In fact, I doubt many even know what that means now, because it is the norm. Computers then, were used to set type. You entered the text, and code to conform the type to a page. I first started in digital graphics with CorelDraw v3, Aldus Freehand, Aldus Paint and Aldus Pagemaker. I'm sure, some reading are thinking, "who's Aldus?" Xara X was a leap forward. I was very excited when Xara Xtreme (I think correct version,) included the ability to create web pages. Certainly, times have changed. Popular styles and colors evolve endlessly and quickly. But, the limitations of both print and web graphics, are VERY different, which influence the design. The craftsmanship and care that it once took to create a printed piece, were works of art in themselves. Now, everything disposable. Others may not see a distinction, it is blurry. But, for some of us, the difference is quite distinct and clear.