minimal web design [closed]

Question

I am interested in minimal design, from design (ie. minimalist design) and performance view points. I am trying out "zero images" approach at the moment.

(obviously no flash/silverlight/etc) pure html+css(+js)

Has anyone tried it, seen it, thought about it.

To give an example, craigslist would be minimalist design. It has 0 images, 1 css, 1 js.

StackOverflow is NOT minimal design (although it seems so).

Thanks.

Answer 1

I've thought about it a lot over the last 13 years I've made websites. I think it comes down to one thing. "What is the intent of the site?" Depending on what the intent is, will drive what level of interactivity, level of complexity, depth of user interface required, and to your point, the amount of images required to fulfill the intent.

Answer 2

Google beat Altavista like 13 years ago.