Social media has had a major impact on contemporary web design. Even "non-social" sites have been affected. Coupled with the wave of imitators trying to make their sites feel just like Facebook or Twitter, the look the web itself has changed. Is this really a change for the better?

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2. Social media has had a
major impact on
contemporary web
design.
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3. The look the web itself
has changed. Is this
really a change for the
better?
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4. Lead to good stuff:
interactivity, simple
designs, more white
space, the emergence of
true web typography
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5. & bad stuff:
usability fails, interface
inconsistencies, lack of
planning for new feature
integration, ever-changing
user agreements and
privacy policies.
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6. Major interface
changes on the fly
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10. Functionality changes
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13. Redefining established
conventions
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15. Information sans
experience
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17. thank
you!
Mykl Roventine
designer of things
myklroventine.com
twitter.com/myklroventine
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