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Current style in web design

Yet another article on web design, trying to identify sites with what the author considers good design. In many cases I agree, though he still accepts layouts that only look good if you agree with the designer's choice of font sizes and browser window size.

Current style in web design

This is where I try to sum up the current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages, and identify the distinctive features that make a web page look fresh, appealing and easy to use.

I'm glad to say that web design in 2006 is better than ever. And it's not just because there are more web sites out there, so more good stuff to look at. There's still an awful lot of crud too. I just think that more web designers know more about how to design than ever before.

The examples below (which I'll roll over time) show excellent modern graphic design technique. They all look good, and are clear and easy to use.

(I no longer have any idea where I found this one.)

Water on Mars!

Liquid water thrives beneath Mars surface - NASA | The Register

Photographs taken over the past seven years reveal changes in Mars' landscape that seem to indicate the presence of an underground water supply. The subsurface "water" has crept up to feed two gullies clearly visibly in the Mars pictures. While NASA has already discussed the presence of ice and water vapor in the past, it is particularly thrilled about the prospect of liquid water given that it could foster microbial life.

Too bad about the canals, though.