Recent memes in web UI design

Arguably the main insight of Pinterest is an amazing UI design which is itself arguably lifted from its inventor: Flipboard.
 

But no arguing that it’s just a better UI than the previous incumbent:
 

The Stream
Made famous by Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook News Feed and Mini Feed. This one feels as tired today as Google Reader felt when Twitter whomped it.
 

Hfafcacc

 

The Pinterest Endless Scroll
Flipboard, Bing Images, Google Images. This one feels magical these days eh?
 

Google’s version mid-load

Ceaifhge

 

And oh-by-the-way another goodie is the Giant Content
as in pictures or text; made famous in hits like About.me or Tumblr. Bokeh/big type. It’s fun and easy.

 

Acddbagh Ffiaaici

 

 

or here on Erly where the site seems to do nothing more than show you giant versions of your own pictures

Dddjdcef

 

One more, The App Desktop which I think apple should get credit for if it takes off

Bbcbehgi