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Tiny Web Sites

1st edition — by Patrick McNeil — Jan. 20, 2006

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The Design Element

Sometimes you need a web site but struggle with enough content to fill it. A simple contact or resume site for example doesn't have heaps of information to post. A beautiful solution to this problem is the tiny or micro sized web site. Use that lack of content to your advantage and pack all the information into a tiny consumable container. The Tangerine Tree web site is a perfect example of wrapping a small amount of information in a gorgeous wrapper. Take a look at the samples below and see how others turned a problem into the solution.

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Sample Usage

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Comments

pieter

1/13/2006 10:42:21 AM

Nothing really

Brandon Rome

1/16/2006 11:37:50 AM

I love the look of tiny sites, however, I wonder how long they can stay tiny, as far as scaling is concerned. You'll have to rotate out information as you append new sources, I assume..

Patrick

2/7/2006 2:27:47 PM

I think it is a great solution when you are short on content. It gives the impresion you ment to have it that way. That you are being brief and to the point.

zoel

2/23/2006 6:36:09 PM

I think the tiny mode is specialy for personal website only

nuno

3/3/2006 5:18:47 AM

Always an elegant solution but sometimes is hard to add new sections and extra details.

Chiefstingy

6/17/2006 2:26:32 PM

It is a great use of composition a lot of negative space to make the eye focus on one general area. It is nothing new, just a great way to focus the attention where it is needed.

Leila

7/24/2006 6:34:25 AM

The Tangerine Tree looks pretty but the text is so small I can hardly read it. I'm not sure how successful that makes it...

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