Eoghan & Des from Contrast presented this talk at the Carsonified conference titled "The Future of Web Applications". The thesis of the talk is that the future does not come from following current conventions, as such we need to look to alternative areas for inspiration, otherwise we'll struggle to move forward.

1. CONVENTIONS

2. W H AT A R E T H E Y ?

3. E X P E C TAT I O N S

7. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

10. S U R V I VA L O F T H E F I T T E S T

11. # F O WA D U B , # F O WA D U B L I N

12. COMMON LANGUAGE

16. BENEFITS

17. REDUCED FRICTION

25. REDUCED LEARNING CURVE

32. INCREASED EASE IN DESIGN

35. PROBLEMS

36. R E S T R I C T S I N N O VAT I O N

39. LAZY

42. LOCAL MAXIMA

46. D E C R E A S E D M A R K E TA B I L I T Y

49. OPPORTUNITIES

50. COMMERCIAL WINS

56. CHANGE THE WORLD

62. WEB CONVENTIONS

63. L AY O U T

82. SIGNUP

96. COPY

104. HOME SCREEN

109. PA G E - B A S E D

112. BRANDING

119. W H AT ’ S T H E P R O B L E M ?

120. UNREMARKABLE

123. THE WRONG CONVENTIONS

125. BREAKING CONVENTIONS

126. WHEN TO BREAK?

127. OBSOLETE

128. GAME IS CHANGING

129. APIS
TRUST
CPU POWER
SERVER TECH
CONNECTIVITY
BROWSER TECH
MICS / CAMERAS
L O C AT I O N AWA R E
W E B P O P U L AT I O N
OMNIPRESENT WEB

131. W H AT T O Q U E S T I O N ?

132. L AY O U T

136. SIGNUPS

137. T RY B E F O R E Y O U B U Y

143. COPY

155. HOME SCREEN

164. PA G E BASED

167. BRANDING

168. STOP THE SELL

169. Keynote Welcome to Keynote
STOP THE SELL

179. THE FUTURE

183. W H AT D O W E K N O W ?

193. THANKS

194. IMAGE CREDITS:
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