These commonly come in 2 kinds:
- Highlights caused by light reflecting on shiny surfaces
- That shiny table effect!
Specular highlights
Realistic effects of water droplets, glass beads, shiny plastic buttons etc. have been very popular over the past couple of years.
I don't know where the trends started, but Apple's web site must have been one of the most influential, preceding their Aqua interface look & feel.
That shiny table effect!
Pioneered by Apple again (I'm sure). This is a really nice effect which is so prevalent now, it's in danger of being overused, now starting to look tired and is falling out of favour with designers.
Remember, of course, that web designers are usually more sensitive to these things, so even if we're getting turned off by it, the general public may still think it's cool for some time to come.
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