Well, it's been some years for me in the biz and i've been getting thru the several adult design model transformations, it started with standard paysite design, went thru magazine and generally landed into reality style.
I'm curious what kind of design would be the next standard de facto. Thinking here and there, considering that reality its mostly about vids I think we gonna face new standards pretty soon, and I see it merging with TV services pretty soon, VOD is getting very close too.
Let's see how soon Hi-Def will become a standard for every site design, and we won't be counting how big the movie is to download a preview, actually why not just put a flash based hi-def movie online and give it a simple control of a regular paysite? Watch a fool free movie online, sign up for more or order it with VOD.
My other major concern is why adult site design should still remain some kind of bubble gum? Aren't we thru that all already? If I were a client I would prefer a glam looking porn site, those that look like comix and use poor quality images dont stand in line even. Am I too demanding? LOL, okay, let's face it Hi-Def quality content rules, that's why I started to create sites that are a step aside from regular porn look.
For example,
http://www.adultmix.biz/paysites/gaylifenet/ ( gay ) and
http://www.adultmix.biz/paysites/bbb/ ( hi def gay )
No secret I came into adult from mainstream design, so, I guess, it's affecting my work. I highly appreciate those clients who allow me expressing my vision to help their sites have a modern look in regards with new trends in video filed.
So, seeing a new 2007 year coming I hope it's gonna be lotsa new stuff implemented around in the biz, and I hope it's gonna boost the sales for all of us in the biz.