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December 10, 2013
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Thinking for yourself in an industry of trends

I think there's times in the Web industry where we don't think for ourselves and blindly follow trends. I discuss my experiences in this short talk.

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Ste Allan

December 10, 2013

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Transcript

  1. @Ste_Allan

  2. http://youtu.be/Gu7mzTPHeJI

  3. Thinking for yourself in an industry of trends

  4. Carousels

  5. https://twitter.com/brad_frost/status/

  6. • Usability • Banner blindness • User distraction • http://conversionxl.com/dont-use-

    automatic-image-sliders-or-carousels- ignore-the-fad/

  7. • Flat design
 http://www.nngroup.com/articles/ windows-8-disappointing-usability/ • Parallax effects • Social

    sharing buttons • Infinite scrolling

  8. It’s a client problem as well

  9. There are
 good trends

  10. • Hamburger icon • New to the industry

  11. Blame the implementation, not the technique http://timkadlec.com/2012/10/blame-the- implementation-not-the-technique/

  12. #infiniteweb