12 years ago if you had a 3-frame flashing flame .gif on your site it was awesome! Add to that a scrolling 16 pt. headline at the top of your angelfire domain and you were off to the races.
3 to 5 years ago it seemed like the more content and graphic elements you could cram into an 800 pixel width the better your site was. The “good” sites (the ones that seemed to mesmerize people) almost looked like robots and/or machinery with metallic rendered interfaces. Designers were building small audio players into their interfaces and text scrolled by – all “adding” to the experience. Blips and metallic noises accompanied every interaction, and of course you heard a “swoosh” like the doors on Star Trek as text rolled into frame. (more…)