At least some of these are just for lack of caring. I vibe coded this landing page recently <a href="https://tui2web.com/" rel="nofollow">https://tui2web.com/ and fought off a lot of the defaults the LLM came up with after a few hours of iteration. Feel free to roast it, I'm not really attached, but I thought it did a reasonably good job.
I actually had momentary startle reflex when I opened that page. I don't know web design at all well but I know "design elements are [edited] supposed to be invisible". My first impression is this is the opposite of that.
I don't know who told you that but that's a terrible take. Design can have personality. Design can convey emotions. Design can give you emotions and reactions by itself.
Not everything needs to be bland like a user manual
I edited above. I didn't recall the statement correct - design elements are supposed invisible even design itself is noticeable as a feeling or personality or aesthetic. But I think in this case, what hits users is the elements - the huge text, reverse text and black box.
I don't know what that's really trying to say, but it sounds wrong. That's how we end up with contextual interfaces that randomly shift around on a whim. Disappearing elements because some mysterious criteria has not been met. Atrocious for user discovery because the designer hid everything they thought the user didn't need.
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I don't know who told you that but that's a terrible take. Design can have personality. Design can convey emotions. Design can give you emotions and reactions by itself.
Not everything needs to be bland like a user manual
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