I have to admit… I spent a good deal of time playing with the links and checking out different flash websites. While I never thought that Flash would go away completely, I didn't think it would be sticking around for many of the uses it still is. After the dozens of tech and interactive demos for HTML5 that I saw over the last year I thought that by now it would be providing much of the same experiences that Flash does. Not so much it seems. At least not yet.
We had a chance to discuss and look at examples of responsive design in Bob's class. The Boston Globe site was a good example, although most aspects past the main pages aren't upgraded yet.
Appification has already taken over Mac OS… and now today Facebook announced App Center. Even Apple's traditionally higher end professional software has gone 'app' and Adobe has included iDevice apps as a part of their Design Cloud strategy.
I was surprised to see 'skeuomorphic' design as a future tend… it's been around in one form or another for a while for websites, front ends for DVDs and video games. Just interesting is all.
I guess some of this doesn't seem very prescient… more like following trends to their logical evolution. The 'Respect Beyond Aesthetics' section was the most intriguing and nerve-racking to me… it's sort of my kryptonite… I'm the designer who needs to get on board with code. GAH! I wish I was that person. Distributed Workforces also intrigued me, although it's something that's been in motion for a while and in my opinion was just hastened by the recession.
Other than that, nothing overly engrossing or surprising on the list… interesting though. I was surprised that there wasn't any mention of video trends or AR. Oh well.
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