Once Again I have found my self in a position on trying to educate my troll audience with basic concepts. Trolls seem to have an uncanney ability to ask for the delivery of some technology buzz word with out the ability to understand what they have asked for. Here is a simplfied response to the Trolls about what they could expect from a Web 2.0 Styled website.
- Simple Layouts
Sites are moving to simple straight to the point communication. No more craming content. Plenty of whitespace. Lots of padding around elements. - Site Position
Centered orientation is teh design standard with 940 pixel being a prefered site size. Some site will test user resolution for browsers displaying less than 800X600 resolution and reposition any right hand column elements under the rest of the site. - Navigation
Functional Footers, Right Hand menus, Minimal focal point let the content do the the talking - Content!!! Is the Focus not the Layout
Design the content, not the page. the content of the page is where the value is for the end user. Each piece of content should be able to stand on it's own. - Colors Usage
Soft, neutral background colors, Strong color, used sparingly. - Buttons and Icons
Cutesy Icons used sparingly, Action Icons Green completion or Deletion buttons Red - White Space
site are using more white space than ever
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