In this article, I describe various common graphic design elements in modern web “2.0? design style. Then attempt to explain why they work and why they have become common.
Not all these design features (that will be discussed in this article) are appropriate in all cases. There are always exceptions, and there are lots of bad examples of these features being used wrongly, over-used, or done without sensitivity to the “symphony” of a site’s design.
You can’t just take all these elements, throw them together and make a good web page.
Making a web page that works requires a lot of sensitivity to the various forces at work. A good design solution is one that balances those (often opposing) forces.
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