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Tao Effect

January 6th, 2009 Category: Software

6 comments to “Tao Effect”

  1. dudeydudedude Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 5:39 am

    God. More tired gloss and web 2.0 smashing-magazine plastic icons.

    We’ve been seeing this style since 2006. Aren’t we all tired of this approach?

  2. Dave Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 5:46 am

    Hush your mouth.
    I’m enjoying the use of Museo (if I’m not mistaken).

  3. Pat Says:
    January 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am

    dudeydudedude - The icon is for a Mac app. Apple has guidelines for how icons look in the dock (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIcons/chapter_15_section_7.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000967-TPXREF106). I realize and appreciate your preference for minimalism in design. There is talk about Apple introducing a new appearance theme and moving on from Aqua, which may pave the way for a more “matte” look. Hopefully that will finally make you happy.

    This site was designed by John Ashenden, who also designed http://www.grooveshark.com. Check out his work at http://www.johnwithanh.com.

  4. dudeydudedude Says:
    January 7th, 2009 at 3:06 am

    Gloss isn’t needed to show off the typography.

    Dave, your love for gloss leads me to believe that you must be a regular visitor on Smashing Magazine.

  5. suede Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 1:39 am

    @dude: you should write a book on how websites MUST look like. I bet you will sell millions of copies (with 90% of it bought by your mommy)

  6. suede Says:
    January 19th, 2009 at 4:04 am

    But overall, I don’t think this site looks that great either. But it’s not overly glossy as one person here exaggerated.

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