This post gives a lot of examples:
18 Web Design Trends for 2021
Creative Tim ・ Jan 28 '21
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My favorite is by far Dark Mode! I even use an extension (Night Eye on chrome) to keep sites from blinding me (I'm looking at you, Google search). I'm very prone to eye strain, so I look favorably on any site/app that offers a dark mode.
My least favorite is Conversational Design. I've always found chat bots and voice control more frustrating than not. I like being able to navigate and use a website without that kind of 2 way interaction. Chatbots have never made me feel "special and appreciated" per the post - they're more likely to make me feel bombarded and frustrated, especially when they just pop up and start talking to me.
Great comment! Just curious — Have you ever had to switch night/dark mode off? Like due to surrounding bright light?
I haven't had any issues with surrounding bright light making it difficult to use on PC. Occasionally on my phone it's been a problem, but that may be more due to glare.
Do you prefer to enable/disable dark mode manually or when website detect OS preference and selects dark/light theme for you?
I definitely prefer if a site detects my dark mode preference right away. The only time it gets messy is if it doesn't agree with the dark mode extension.
Thank you 👍
Got to run a poll — twitter.com/smart_egg/status/13552...
I just wanted to let you know that I didn't know about Night Eye until reading your comment. My eyes are grateful to you 😀
Is neomorphism still a trend? If yes, It's definitely my least favorite, mainly because it has several accessibility issues: uxdesign.cc/lets-talk-neumorphism-...
I can't think about my favorite trend though
Yeah, trendy designs are often radically inaccessible, and neomorphism seems like one of the worst offenders of all time.
What about you Ben?
I am skeptical of anything that involves too much animation, especially with scrolling.
When done well, it is certainly delightful, but it seems to be reinvented the wrong way over and over again and I'd strive for more simplicity when possible.
Scroll animations are fantastic but only in very few and specific scenarios. For the rest of the standard apps or websites, I think it's better to stick with the basics in favor of achieving greater accessibility
Neomorphism is one of those design trends that does look really cool, but I can't imagine having to actually use it in any practical application.
I am waiting for a design trend based off of MS Paint
Be the change you want to see in the world!
Wasn't that geocities/anglefire era?
What exactly in MS Paint? all of it, cause that would be sweet
Something like win 95 — alexbsoft.github.io/win95.css/
OR
Like win 98 — jdan.github.io/98.css/
IMHO both should be banned
When done poorly, the animation, video or parallax will give me a headache, but when done right it's awesome. However my least favorite is the abstract art composition because I think it's fine to see some abstract art once in a while, but to have my frequently visited website like that its just too much
I've always liked minimalism. I guess I'm easily distracted, so the less there is on the page, the easier it is to focus.
With my distractibility in mind, anything that has animation for style annoys me. I will stare at it waiting to be sure I've seen the whole animation, before I can move on.
Lately I've seen a few websites like the ipad pro website (apple.com/ipad-pro/?afid=p238%7CsO...) that are just painful to scroll though. They make your scroll not actually scroll down but instead advance an animation. I like some scroll animation, but this takes it to an obnoxious level, and I've seen it in two other websites since then.
Oh yeah, that stuff drives me crazy.
I definitely don't like the Glassmorphism, it looks so weird to me, it looks good on pictures but I wouldn't use it for a real app or website.
I like websites that have bright colors, but with a minimalistic touch.
Glassmorphism :)
What do you like about it?
While Neumorphism was imitating an extruded, plastic surface (but still looking like one layer), this new trend goes a bit more vertical. It’s most defining characteristics are:
That verticality and the fact you can see through it, means users can establish hierarchy and depth of the interface. They simply see which layer is on top of which, just like pieces of virtual glass.
Because of that glassy look, I believe the best way to call it is GLASSMORPHISM.
Why people like Dark Mode so much?
It might be just me, but I really like the Windows 95 theme. About the least favourite : Glassmorphism.
should 2021 be the year of the backdrop filter in css. blur and hue shift are very useful.
Infinite. Scrolling. STOP IT. You're not TikTok or facebook.
This, for sure. Many websites add a footer with links not present elsewhere. Add infinite scrolling to it, and suddenly there are UI options you can’t get to.
Neumorphism, it's horrible, I don't understand why people like it.