Design reset

21 April 2010

It’s pretty clear this new fangled iPad is a reset in personal computing. I really hope this “reset” echoes throughout the web design community. The best example I’ve seen is from the New York Times.

The iPad has revealed a great deal when it comes to the design of websites. The app store is now full of apps that provide a nicer interface to a web app or site, but most of them don’t actually do anything that couldn’t be done on the web.

The New York Times app is a great example – it’s far nicer to read an article on it when compared to the website (which is full of clutter and visual noise). Now, obviously there’s some features that are iPad (or more specifically touch-interface) specific but there’s a lot that can be learnt in this space I think.

Also, on a similar note:

It seems that more and more Apps are replacing websites in a time when more and more applications are moving to the web. What exactly do we want? Email went from the Application to the Cloud with Gmail, and we love it. The same for Flickr for photos and Google Docs for documents. At the same time Twitter started out as a website but quickly moved to applications on multiple platforms. It is clear that just moving everything to the web isn’t the ultimate solution for everything. That eBay and IMDB app are clear examples.

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/04/20/apps-replacing-websites-death-of-the-website/

Now, I don’t believe apps are the ‘death of the website’ as that’s obviously link-baiting hyperbole but there’s a kernel of truth in there…

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21 April 2010