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one thing i dislike about "good design" in general is that it usually takes away from information density and practical convenience in order to achieve "good design". this feels like a bad tradeoff. i wish that designers cared about making things more accessible and delightful rather than impressing fellow designers.

orphea•3h ago

Agree. I opened this iventions website, hated every second being there, closed it.

division_by_0•3h ago

Agree. Info-dense designs are also more difficult to implement and many designers lack experience in this area. E.g., creating a coherent design system that uses borders instead of excessive padding to separate elements is much more difficult than it may seem.

falloutx•59m ago

Its not about information but about directing the user in this case. Not everything has to be information dense or even convenient. Sometimes you want users to scroll or make them click step buttons. (checkout is sometimes made to have more steps to give users time to adjust to pain of paying)

flaburgan•3h ago

It looks cool, but to have to navigate from one side of the screen to the opposite one is quite suboptimal

uxcolumbo•41m ago

Neat experiment, but this is not good design.

Design is about solving problems.

A menu is suppose to help you to quickly find and get to a specific section of your site.

Why do I have to click on a thing to reveal the menu even though on my laptop there is enough space to show it all? And then I have to move my mouse all to the other side of the screen?

Who is this for?

Nothing wrong with experimenting with CSS, but avoid ‘dribbblizing’ your designs if you intend to ship it to users who use your site for information or to get a job done.

Edit: commenting more on the iventions.com website where this effect is in use.

hippo22•39m ago

“I have a cool idea in my head that I’d like to show other people” is a problem that some people need to solve.

rhplus•38m ago

Flashback to the days of Macromedia Flash.