I’m not a designer, so I often need some, let’s call it, “help” with the design of my webapplications, and it looks like I’m not the only one having trouble in getting the look and feel right. Don’t get me wrong, but there only very few pages that are well designed compared to the huge number of ugly, sluggish looking or copycat sites. Why am I telling you all this? Lynn Chang at Yahoo Publisher Network has posted a roundup of Web 2.0 design styles. She lists the styles that have become popular during the Web 2.0 Hype:

• Layout
• Gradients
• Strong and contrasting colors
• 3D Icons
• Rounded Corners
• Oversized Text

Especially interesting is that for nearly every style she also gives a n example. So if, like me, you find yourself once again without ideas on how to design the next Webapplication I suggest you let yourself be inspired by those example