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Yahoo’s homepage in screengrabs from 1996 to 2009

February 2nd, 2009 by 4 comments

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I like the way you can see the recurring pattern of a pristine design getting gradually tweaked and cluttered until it hits tipping point, then it gets redesigned and the cycle continues.

Source: WayBackWhenMachine. (Typo amended – thanks Hanford!)

What initial wireframe sketches should look like.

January 13th, 2009 by 5 comments

Check out these initial sketches for the Scribd user interface. This is what they should look like: messy and conceptual. For some reason, a lot of people still don’t get this. Being able to draw is a bonus, not a requirement.

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