My take on this: In short, Awwwards is a "from designers for designers" type of site - presenting products that are trendy, cool, full of emotions, interactions and innovation. But most of the time those websites aren't as usable as people would like them to be, or accessible as they should be (low contrast, over-animated, keyboard-only usage etc.). Of course, it doesn't mean that these trendy websites can't be like that, point is as I said - Awwwards is mostly area where designers/developers try to amaze other designers/developers. You don't easily find there a really "simple, clean, kinda boring" site, that is visited and used by thousands of (returning) people on daily basis.
I'm a frequent visitor of AWWWARDS and to be fair, I have learnt a great deal from it. Big fonts emphasizes on the importance of tagline. Cursor effects creates interactivity and subtle hidden animations, different scrolling also creates a unique vibe to the website. One thing is true that you said, is that many sites lag on loading. But the point of awwwards is to encourage innovations in design and there's a limit with what you can do by just following the rules of UX. Just watch the monthly awards and you'll see how different they are and how difficult they are to create. The thing that you said that most of the sites are similar is actually very wrong and highly offensive to the designers. Try to replicate one site and you'll understand what lies underneath all those "formula"...
I think what he meant by "similar" is about trendy stuff. You can see virtually everyone of those sites had animations, smooth scroll and loading screens.
Those sites aren't usable, they are just to show off fancy thing, without actually thinking about daily usage. Off course, they look great and artsy, that's it.
@@AmodeusR Yes, every site has animations and loading screens. But what kind of animation, what library (if any) is used to create those, how the user is drawn into it, all of these matters.
@@DieterPrivate Well yeah, as I said, the main point of Awwwards is to encourage creativity, interactivity, designing skills and not functionality. Most of the websites that get nominated are actually promotional websites and in these cases you WANT your site to look trendy and attractive. Ps: notice that I made the word want in whole caps? Well that is a "huge offender" of grammer. But I want you to emphasize on that word. Doesn't it conveys my feeling better?
Thank you for that. Could you review more web pages like that? You are reviewing mostly web pages made by beginners. I am curious what are you thinking about web pages make by professional agencies.
Just small thing about adding smooth scroll/custom scroll/locomotive scroll (or however you want to call it). On some of the websites, when you want to use webgl libraries and sync the scroll positions with no jittering/shaking of elements - then you're kind of forced to use some custom scroll
Some of the comments sound bitter here. Every website has its audience and purposes. If you don’t like fancy animated websites, don’t go to Awwwards… just simple as that. Why complain about something that is not for you?
if it is so easy, and all follows a formula how many did you win? the sites you "design" are always looking boring, bland and box standard. nothing betetr than the awwwards websites. plus these people probably earn way more than you would doing client work.
Sure, but that's not the point he's making .. In short, Awwwards is a "from designers for designers" type of site - presenting products that are trendy, cool, full of emotions, interactions and innovation. But most of the time those websites aren't as usable as people would like them to be, or accessible as they should be (low contrast, over-animated, keyboard-only usage etc.). Of course, it doesn't mean that these trendy websites can't be like that, point is as I said - Awwwards is mostly area where designers/developers try to amaze other designers/developers. You don't easily find there a really "simple, clean, kinda boring" site, that is visited and used by thousands of (returning) people on daily basis.
There should be a real world example website award. Ranked based of speed, size, ease of use, accessibility, best practices, codebase, simplicity of design etc. These are like art. I love them but there's nothing to be learned from them. My customer saw this website and asked me to make a 'cool' website like these. So i did. It had everything mentioned in this video. Guy calls me after I delivered the website, says wtf is this website. Slow and laggy as fck, can't use it on mobile, this is useless! Yeah...
"These are like art." Literally from the awwwards website: "The awards for design, creativity and innovation on the Internet." All I see in this comments are old people that are used to copy basic designs, so anything more convoluted is called "art". You can make this websites to be performant and responsive, if you can't, then sorry but you are a bad developer and you still have a lot to learn
Every website that wins at the "site of the day" award, gets a score on their design, usability, creativity, content and developer. So yeah, while the website might be an artsy and creative one, they are judged on the basis of real world scenario.... And as for your case, if you're just focusing on either the functionality or the design of the website, then you're a pretty outdated developer.
This is ridiculous. They get awards for a reason, because not everyone can create them. And i guarantee you anyone working with webGL can make a "functional" website in a couple of hours, myself included
I feel like a lot of the commentary in this video was in a very negative manner. I understand that there's a lot of over-the-top animations on awwwards, but a lot of the sites were pretty good IMO. And calling a curser hover that tell users to scroll an "offender" doesn't make sense to me. I guess I can't really tell if/when this video was more on the sarcastic end or not lol
I mention they're great designers, but I do have a problem with how most of them are so very similar on approach. I think they need to include a much larger diversity of websites.
Most of those sites are terrible from a marketing-perspective ... they don't really convey a clear purpose and dont communicate a call to action ... it's like those sites try to be some kind of art ... which is fine I guess but it has very little utility for real world applications
the idea of AWWWARDS is to push what's currently possible to do as a webdev. It's like those prototype cars, where they are mostly useless but they use as much technology as possible.
@@23matip i like this comparison, i'd add that fashion shows are also similar - nobody would go out in most of this stuff but for some people it's interesting and shows direction the fashion world is going
Umm can you explain this "real world applications" that everyone seems to be mentioning. Maybe the person that created the website didn't feel the need to make it for real world. He just wanted to show his animating and designing skills. If you want, you can try to make it or at least replicate it as per your need.
Thats how i think as beginner in web design after learning awwwards design.... Feel like the similarity is there and especually they do love to have website with big ass font size I had to think that i have bad taste in web design, and have to follow this market ala awwward's, in order to my design to be stand out....
So, what are the prerequisites? I'll star.. Locomotive scroll, large type, ________ next?
Animation and cursor/hover animation. A LOT
I've been out of the design game for a while, I didn't even know locomotive scroll was a thing lol
3D, lag spikes..
My take on this:
In short, Awwwards is a "from designers for designers" type of site - presenting products that are trendy, cool, full of emotions, interactions and innovation. But most of the time those websites aren't as usable as people would like them to be, or accessible as they should be (low contrast, over-animated, keyboard-only usage etc.). Of course, it doesn't mean that these trendy websites can't be like that, point is as I said - Awwwards is mostly area where designers/developers try to amaze other designers/developers. You don't easily find there a really "simple, clean, kinda boring" site, that is visited and used by thousands of (returning) people on daily basis.
4:09 "And we'll just skip this one..."
I'm a frequent visitor of AWWWARDS and to be fair, I have learnt a great deal from it. Big fonts emphasizes on the importance of tagline. Cursor effects creates interactivity and subtle hidden animations, different scrolling also creates a unique vibe to the website.
One thing is true that you said, is that many sites lag on loading. But the point of awwwards is to encourage innovations in design and there's a limit with what you can do by just following the rules of UX. Just watch the monthly awards and you'll see how different they are and how difficult they are to create.
The thing that you said that most of the sites are similar is actually very wrong and highly offensive to the designers. Try to replicate one site and you'll understand what lies underneath all those "formula"...
I think what he meant by "similar" is about trendy stuff. You can see virtually everyone of those sites had animations, smooth scroll and loading screens.
Those sites aren't usable, they are just to show off fancy thing, without actually thinking about daily usage. Off course, they look great and artsy, that's it.
@@AmodeusR Yes, every site has animations and loading screens. But what kind of animation, what library (if any) is used to create those, how the user is drawn into it, all of these matters.
@@DieterPrivate Well yeah, as I said, the main point of Awwwards is to encourage creativity, interactivity, designing skills and not functionality. Most of the websites that get nominated are actually promotional websites and in these cases you WANT your site to look trendy and attractive.
Ps: notice that I made the word want in whole caps? Well that is a "huge offender" of grammer. But I want you to emphasize on that word. Doesn't it conveys my feeling better?
Exactly. The sites on awwwards are far more diverse and creative than anything I've seen him create on this channel.
Thank you for that. Could you review more web pages like that? You are reviewing mostly web pages made by beginners. I am curious what are you thinking about web pages make by professional agencies.
Just small thing about adding smooth scroll/custom scroll/locomotive scroll (or however you want to call it). On some of the websites, when you want to use webgl libraries and sync the scroll positions with no jittering/shaking of elements - then you're kind of forced to use some custom scroll
Some of the comments sound bitter here. Every website has its audience and purposes. If you don’t like fancy animated websites, don’t go to Awwwards… just simple as that.
Why complain about something that is not for you?
Because he think he is a super cool uXXXXXX designer! :v
Always felt like websites on Awwwards are like most dribbble shots, they pass the eye test, but poor UX.
So you're saying competing in a carshow with a Ferrari is stupid because a Prius is more efficient
So if it's so easy and you already have the formula. How many sites of the day do you have?
None because he doesn't produce garbage.
@@gametroll6311 It's because he can't
awwwards is a fashion show
everyone is fascinated but no one sees it irl lmao
if it is so easy, and all follows a formula how many did you win? the sites you "design" are always looking boring, bland and box standard. nothing betetr than the awwwards websites. plus these people probably earn way more than you would doing client work.
Sure, but that's not the point he's making ..
In short, Awwwards is a "from designers for designers" type of site - presenting products that are trendy, cool, full of emotions, interactions and innovation. But most of the time those websites aren't as usable as people would like them to be, or accessible as they should be (low contrast, over-animated, keyboard-only usage etc.). Of course, it doesn't mean that these trendy websites can't be like that, point is as I said - Awwwards is mostly area where designers/developers try to amaze other designers/developers. You don't easily find there a really "simple, clean, kinda boring" site, that is visited and used by thousands of (returning) people on daily basis.
@@vm-dev you got it right! That's exactly the point! It's not those sites that are used on a day-to-day basis and etc...
There should be a real world example website award.
Ranked based of speed, size, ease of use, accessibility, best practices, codebase, simplicity of design etc.
These are like art. I love them but there's nothing to be learned from them.
My customer saw this website and asked me to make a 'cool' website like these. So i did. It had everything mentioned in this video.
Guy calls me after I delivered the website, says wtf is this website. Slow and laggy as fck, can't use it on mobile, this is useless!
Yeah...
Agreed. When I look at some of those fancy websites, I wonder if the Designer even did a WCAG test or made sure their site is keyboard accessible.
You can absolutely make a site looking like this perform well and be responsive. You just gotta be pro.
Actually, apple website has been one of the awwwards best site of the year
"These are like art."
Literally from the awwwards website: "The awards for design, creativity and innovation on the Internet."
All I see in this comments are old people that are used to copy basic designs, so anything more convoluted is called "art".
You can make this websites to be performant and responsive, if you can't, then sorry but you are a bad developer and you still have a lot to learn
Every website that wins at the "site of the day" award, gets a score on their design, usability, creativity, content and developer. So yeah, while the website might be an artsy and creative one, they are judged on the basis of real world scenario....
And as for your case, if you're just focusing on either the functionality or the design of the website, then you're a pretty outdated developer.
The circle is closed… we are back into 2000 with flash and loading animations, intros and every single element flying through the screen
You should go to details page on AWWWARDS and show stats and results first
This is ridiculous.
They get awards for a reason, because not everyone can create them. And i guarantee you anyone working with webGL can make a "functional" website in a couple of hours, myself included
3:05 you meant X axis?
I stopped caring about these frivolous awards years ago and am happier lol
I feel like a lot of the commentary in this video was in a very negative manner. I understand that there's a lot of over-the-top animations on awwwards, but a lot of the sites were pretty good IMO. And calling a curser hover that tell users to scroll an "offender" doesn't make sense to me.
I guess I can't really tell if/when this video was more on the sarcastic end or not lol
I mention they're great designers, but I do have a problem with how most of them are so very similar on approach. I think they need to include a much larger diversity of websites.
Don't know. They seem like boilerplate to me as well.
Copy the code base changes colors, fonts and images. There you go...
@@DesignCourse ah ok makes sense
he is probably salty he will never win a sot since all his shit looks bland boring and box standard
I really like your videos
A lot
Seems like shaders effects and 3d are the formula. Most of the sites there do use webgl with shaders.
are there alternatives took at actual good ux sites?
old man yells at cloud
Literally😂
Most of those sites are terrible from a marketing-perspective ... they don't really convey a clear purpose and dont communicate a call to action ... it's like those sites try to be some kind of art ... which is fine I guess but it has very little utility for real world applications
the idea of AWWWARDS is to push what's currently possible to do as a webdev. It's like those prototype cars, where they are mostly useless but they use as much technology as possible.
@@23matip i like this comparison, i'd add that fashion shows are also similar - nobody would go out in most of this stuff but for some people it's interesting and shows direction the fashion world is going
Umm can you explain this "real world applications" that everyone seems to be mentioning. Maybe the person that created the website didn't feel the need to make it for real world. He just wanted to show his animating and designing skills. If you want, you can try to make it or at least replicate it as per your need.
Those are experience websites, now a days people think that if they can't do it with elementor then its bad for ux...
Thats how i think as beginner in web design after learning awwwards design....
Feel like the similarity is there and especually they do love to have website with big ass font size
I had to think that i have bad taste in web design, and have to follow this market ala awwward's, in order to my design to be stand out....
hahahahahah mate you just skipped NFT Metamilfs site hahahahahahahahaahahh
So much animation I am not even sure what the website is about is a pretty stupid approach.
it's pronounced "uh-wuh-wuh-wards"
this is hilarious!
Rubbish. I hope AI will take up the jobs for these kinds of web designers.
Great examples of shitty UX.
Winning is easy. Just pay €60 and get clout from the popular kids.