@missrogue

Does anyone know the origin of calling a carousel on a homepage a 'hero' banner?

2:02PM Tue, June 01 2010

@jvdgoot

I think it comes from print. Where a "Hero" was the largest size. But that could be apocryphal.

2:03PM Tue, June 01 2010

@zoonini

Hmm. In TV commercial production we used the term "hero prop" for the key product prop - might be related to that origin...

2:05PM Tue, June 01 2010

@rutkmi

I assume it's a variation of this definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hero%20shot

2:06PM Tue, June 01 2010

@awoods

afaik a hero banner usually means one large image prominently displayed. i don't usually hear carousels referred to as hero.

2:09PM Tue, June 01 2010

@karllong

not sure of the origin but in Nokia we used to call the lead device for a particular service the "hero" device

2:09PM Tue, June 01 2010

@andGrassi

re: 'hero' - in design, you call the main subject 'hero' because it is distinctive and representitive of the rest of the content

2:13PM Tue, June 01 2010

@MichelVrana

In product photography, the most exciting photo is called the 'hero', and then there are detail shots. maybe from there?

2:31PM Tue, June 01 2010

@cassandragirard

it's related to online retail primarily, a shot / banner that is prominently placed to summarize the existence of your site (...)

2:40PM Tue, June 01 2010

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Does anyone know the origin of calling a carousel on a homepage a 'hero' banner?

I think it comes from print. Where a "Hero" was the largest size. But that could be apocryphal.

Hmm. In TV commercial production we used the term "hero prop" for the key product prop - might be related to that origin...

I assume it's a variation of this definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hero%20shot

afaik a hero banner usually means one large image prominently displayed. i don't usually hear carousels referred to as hero.

not sure of the origin but in Nokia we used to call the lead device for a particular service the "hero" device

re: 'hero' - in design, you call the main subject 'hero' because it is distinctive and representitive of the rest of the content

In product photography, the most exciting photo is called the 'hero', and then there are detail shots. maybe from there?

it's related to online retail primarily, a shot / banner that is prominently placed to summarize the existence of your site (...)

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Does anyone know the origin of calling a carousel on a homepage a 'hero' banner?

I think it comes from print. Where a "Hero" was the largest size. But that could be apocryphal.

Hmm. In TV commercial production we used the term "hero prop" for the key product prop - might be related to that origin...

I assume it's a variation of this definition: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hero%20shot

afaik a hero banner usually means one large image prominently displayed. i don't usually hear carousels referred to as hero.

not sure of the origin but in Nokia we used to call the lead device for a particular service the "hero" device

re: 'hero' - in design, you call the main subject 'hero' because it is distinctive and representitive of the rest of the content

In product photography, the most exciting photo is called the 'hero', and then there are detail shots. maybe from there?

it's related to online retail primarily, a shot / banner that is prominently placed to summarize the existence of your site (...)

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