Couple months ago I wrote that
Actually the future of UI design is going to get a lot better and a lot worse at the same time. One of the good thing about traditional web controls was that because the available interface elements was so constraining, it was in fact keeping the UI’s from getting too bad (and too good). Now that product managers and UI designer have almost unlimited tool box to play with, expect the Bell Curve to flatten: a lot of over designed and badly designed web app. (Think Windows applications before Visual Basic) End users are used to dropdowns, radial buttons etc . . . now they have mryiad of “clickable” controls they’ve never seen before. On average, it will probably get worse before it get really really good.
Well, Alex Bosworth (who is much more of an expert than me) has actual examples. One of the best nuggets is that Ajax drag & drop is pretty cool but as an UI element in a web app, the jury is still out. Here is the post.
Lots of participation in the forum too so the post definitely struck a nerve.
