Yesterday I experimented with a fancier web application design. Most of my web applications have no design at all because I focus on the functionality. I figure it is the graphics designer job to create the design. Unfortunately, he never bothers with the administration area so at best I just use the web site design.
I found that there are plenty of web appliation design icons that you can download and use for free. The icons serve as pictographs and provide a visual clue to links and sections. A little bit of design makes the entire web application look very impressive even though it does nothing more than my plain design.
Web applications are getting fancier anyway with Web 2.0 and AJAX, Asynchronous JavaScript And XML, although I’ve only developed web services.
