Looped video on splash/home page the new trend?

All that site proves to me is that canvas and css animations should not be used too create full sites.

paulk7737514  wrote Is this now de rigueur for all web portfolio websites? Such as here: https://www.canvasunited.com/ I find it vaguely annoying, but if having a 3-slide slideshow in the banner makes me look old fashioned and out-of-date, then I suppose I'd better look for some video footage. As if fuzzy black and white footage of people exercising has anything to do with web design.

I looked at a couple of those links on a tablet and nothing worked, so all I can assume is they don't want the work.

I found this website on the Awwwards page for best portfolio websites. https://www.awwwards.com/websites/portfolio/

In its relatively difficult navigation, at least to leave the splash page, and in some of its effects--for instance, the "Visit Site" links use the "transform: matrix" CSS property to create an effect that resembles Flash effects on mouse hover--you have to wonder if the disappearance of Flash has kindled a market for these kinds of Flash-like sites which require a bit of imagination and engagement on the part of the user.

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I have to give this a thumbs down.  The UI is terrible.

Personally, that website is a PIA. I would definitely rank it as poor for user-friendliness and browsing flexibility.

And the site cannot be scrolled using the pg dn key, which I find really annoying. But other than that, I have to admit it is certainly impressive. So do all new portfolio websites need to conform to this style?