The Death of Tag Clouds

January 20th, 2010 admin

In 2004, the Web 2.0 philosophy introduced a new paradigm for the Web that also marked a huge change of direction in the approach to design websites then before. The main guidelines of the new trend in web design was simplicity, minimalism, central layout, bigger text, bold logos, gradient and reflection effects, which constitute the fundamental basis for a viral revolution of the face of the World Wide Web. The community …


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