Comments on: The Golden Age Of Web Design http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-gold-age-of-web-design/ Web Design & Internet Marketing Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:55:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brad Greenwald http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-gold-age-of-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1279 Brad Greenwald Wed, 06 May 2009 18:18:50 +0000 http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/?p=263#comment-1279 - Cory, I couldn't agree more about diving into new technologies. It reminds me of buying a mini-disc player in the 90s :) - Josh, great points. It leaves my jaw hanging open to be reminded we are still using the same web fonts in 2009 and makes me think of what's around the bend for some of those lacking areas of web technology. - Cory, I couldn’t agree more about diving into new technologies. It reminds me of buying a mini-disc player in the 90s :)

- Josh, great points. It leaves my jaw hanging open to be reminded we are still using the same web fonts in 2009 and makes me think of what’s around the bend for some of those lacking areas of web technology.

]]> By: Josh Frankel http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-gold-age-of-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1278 Josh Frankel Wed, 06 May 2009 17:52:35 +0000 http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/?p=263#comment-1278 This is a really interesting idea and in some ways it might be dead on. What we might be looking at is a blossoming of design becoming an increasingly worthwhile expense. Technology in general might be partly to thank for this as well. Think about it this way, in the 70's there were about 7,000 Americans that were "graphic designers". And 5,000 of them lived in (NYC). Today the number is estimated at around 150,000. So were seeing a lot of great designs and dynamic content but the structure remains the same - header body footer, whether its 1996 or 2009. How many fonts were web available for web use ten years ago - the same that are available now. The golden age might not be here but it is without a doubt an exciting time to be in web design. This is a really interesting idea and in some ways it might be dead on. What we might be looking at is a blossoming of design becoming an increasingly worthwhile expense. Technology in general might be partly to thank for this as well. Think about it this way, in the 70’s there were about 7,000 Americans that were “graphic designers”. And 5,000 of them lived in (NYC). Today the number is estimated at around 150,000. So were seeing a lot of great designs and dynamic content but the structure remains the same – header body footer, whether its 1996 or 2009. How many fonts were web available for web use ten years ago – the same that are available now. The golden age might not be here but it is without a doubt an exciting time to be in web design.

]]> By: Cory Bolton http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-gold-age-of-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1277 Cory Bolton Wed, 06 May 2009 17:33:50 +0000 http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/?p=263#comment-1277 Nice post; I have to agree with you. It seems like CM platforms (Joomla, Magento, Drupal) are standing firm and more dynamic code is a must know for designers than just basic HTML or CSS. Server-side technology is also more stable than it was a couple years ago with AJAX and Ruby on Rails. It all looks pretty logical (new dynamic code and platforms) but it's still a bit scary to dive into something new, especially when you don't know if that platform/technology will stick around in a couple years. Nice post; I have to agree with you. It seems like CM platforms (Joomla, Magento, Drupal) are standing firm and more dynamic code is a must know for designers than just basic HTML or CSS. Server-side technology is also more stable than it was a couple years ago with AJAX and Ruby on Rails. It all looks pretty logical (new dynamic code and platforms) but it’s still a bit scary to dive into something new, especially when you don’t know if that platform/technology will stick around in a couple years.

]]> By: Aaron Weiche http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/2009/05/06/the-gold-age-of-web-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 Aaron Weiche Wed, 06 May 2009 16:33:37 +0000 http://www.fivetechnology.com/blog/?p=263#comment-1276 That's a heck of a first-ever blog post Brad. Interesting to think about. On one hand we have 20 to 30 years to compare that to the burst of 10 years online. I see great points in the comparisons you draw, but I can also see we don't even realize where this is all headed. Great talker and a great post, well done. We'll be after you to write more now! That’s a heck of a first-ever blog post Brad. Interesting to think about. On one hand we have 20 to 30 years to compare that to the burst of 10 years online.

I see great points in the comparisons you draw, but I can also see we don’t even realize where this is all headed. Great talker and a great post, well done. We’ll be after you to write more now!

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