This happens every few years :)
Today it’s your grid lines. Arbitrary pair of crossed lines in your latest logo design. Hero images. Meaningless excessive JavaScript and parallax gimmicks that don’t work on my 97-tabs-open FireFox and make me swear “spacer.gif!!!” in uruk-hai language.
Remember 45-degree angled scan-line textures? Tabbed navigation? Drop shadows or gradients on type (or both.) Background paper tiles. Background wood tiles. Burst/star shaped badges screaming “SALE!”. In the mid-2000s, glossy buttons were all the rage. Drop shadows, gradients, highlights. Abuse of the Bevel and Emboss feature. HTML & CSS W3 validator links in the footer. Web 2.0 :) Moving back it was flash preloaders. Skip intro. Bitmap fonts, 8px size. Crazy flash actionscript experiments. We could go on :)
I am dating myself here but i have been playing designer since 1999. The web now looks much better. The great thing is, it will never stop to evolve, and i believe we will always have work :) It can never get boring, i will always be drawn to it. The future is bright.
