Andy Budd’s Web Design and Development Trends for 2006
(“Designs will soften, with more rounded corners, pastel colours and
hinted boxes.” and “2006 is going to see Ruby on Rails development take
off in a big way.”).
And Bold predictions for the savvy designer, 2006 edition ~ Authentic Boredom
(on “that Fisher Price look”: “Big buttons, big text, big everything.
Yes, it definitely has its place at times. But I wonder if we belittle
users with visuals that implicitly say, ‘Hey, you’re too foolish to
choose what to do next, so I’ve put a really big button right here just
for you.’”). [Signal vs. Noise]