Analysis of Website Design in 2010-2011
As the mid-year period approaches, everyone is trying to present their own views on recent trends in web design and development. Here, we are going to take a look at the recent adoptions of web designers and developers in the world of website design.
The days of static layout are over!
Website coding is undergoing a creative change with more functionality and interactivity. Conventional HTML/CSS is being replaced with JavaScript, AJAX, and JQUERY. People love Flash but are afraid to use it because it slows down usability. To overcome this problem, creative coding scripts are used to replace Flash, and still offer the same effects. Visit this website for a demo: spritely.net
Growing fame of Grids, Mobile and Retro Designs
Grid layouts are mainly used in the design of portfolios or product promotion pages, and are rarely used for corporate and business sites. All of these one-page layouts add interactivity to the site and keep only the salient things simple for visitors, limiting their search confusion.
Print on the web!
Print designs, including print layout and typography, are moving to the web at great speed. Today’s web designers seem to be increasingly interested in print layouts that include significant white space, large fonts, huge headlines, multi-column content, element organization, etc.
Better performance in “All” browsers
With the growth of various web browsers, you never know which browser users are using. This involves web designers creating a design that fits equally across all browsers, including Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
Development of Interactive Platforms
With the development and popularity of certain social networks like Facebook and Twitter, web designers are focusing on creating websites that are highly interactive, informative and also give users the opportunity to participate.
Easy navigation is the need of the time!
To improve usability and ease of use, more interactive and communicative designs are being created. More attention is being paid to sites that can be easily browsed and navigated by users.
Slab typefaces for more prominence
Slab fonts are used to highlight certain elements on a website, such as the logo. Like big headers, slab typefaces are becoming overused in the current year.
Strong and powerful typography
Online users do not like to read small and cluttered text and simply scan the page to find out what is being said. To facilitate this user behavior, large, solid type is being used in headings, subheadings, and in-paragraph citations.
Overview of current web design trends
Here are some of the recent website design trends that you should explore to make your design current:
- Enhancement
- png-transparency
- Rich user interfaces
- font replacement
- huge pictures
- Modal Boxes (a much better type of popup that is also easy to use)
- media blocks
- The magazine look
- Carousels (slideshow navigations that rotate text horizontally and vertically)
- Intro Blocks (to display important messages in advance)
custom appearance
Custom designs are used to attract more potential customers, add business value, and ensure competitiveness. The online world is all about ‘who is the best’ which cannot be achieved by using common web design templates.
Give your old website a makeover with these latest web design trends and features, and see how it takes your business to the next level. Good luck!