Web Design trend is constantly changing day by day. It is quite obvious that there are 2 things that concerns dynamic entrepreneurs the most at this moment: The “Simple is Better” concept; and the rapid increase for portable devices. Let's see what's new on the recent trend of Web Design in 2013.
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2. 2013 Trendy Designs Focus
Mobile
friendly
Better
UX
Simpli-
city
Conten
t first
Cool
image
s
Great
effects
3. Responsive Design (1)
1 design – any sizes
Contents distribute differently based on the device size
4. Responsive Design (2)
No need for
mobile-specific
version = less
developing time
Nice experience
for users with any
kinds of devices
Why?
Css3 @media
query
Twitter
Bootstrap is a
good start
How?
11. Sliding Panels
Dynamic page contents
Multiple static pages
merged into once
Sliding effect triggered
via navigation items
12. To sum up
Trends are temporal & vary, but:
Be user-centered!
• Less is more
• Don’t make ‘em think (or wait)
• Entertain ‘em
• Go mobile
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Editor's Notes
The road ahead…
4 key points that trendy designs this year focus on:
Mobile friendly: more accessibility & better experience for mobile users. E.g. inf. scrolling, responsive design
Simplicity: contents = most important stuffs. E.g. flat design, no skeuomorphism, minimalism
Cool visual effects: more visual effects to capture user’s interest. E.g. parallax, large bg, sliding panel
Better UX: better & smoother experience for users – less waiting time, less interactions required for 1 task. E.g. fixed navigation elements, inf. scrolling, sliding panel
1 design for any kind of devices – phones, tablets, desktop, even anything released in the future
Contents show up differently depending on the current device size. Resize the browser windows on desktop, or change the orientation on mobile devices to see the differences.
Major advantages:
Site with only 1 version but can satisfies all kinds of users: from mobile users, tablet users, to desktop users
No extra mobile version, so basically, it’ll cost less time to develop
How to make it:
- Use css3 @media query to target different size ranges, specifying how an element should display, behave for each range
Slower: redundant scripts, stylesheets, images are also loaded on mobile devices. Mobile-optimized sites are always faster.
Compatibility: ie8– doesn’t support @media query – either (1) drop older browser user-base or (2) use javascript as a workaround
http://html.adobe.com
http://spektrummedia.com
Keep things simple, clean, minimalistic
Easy backward compatibility. Plain color blocks, no drop shadow = work perfectly on ancient browsers, no need for css2
Harder to design: it takes time to figure out good color schemes & typography
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
Another content-focusing style:
A simple page with very little contents, but all focus on the message that the page owner wants to deliver
Usually a combination of good, clean, easy to read typography with nice images for illustrative purposes
No wall of text + good illustrations = less time consumption better UX
http://pictopro.com/
Use css position: fixed to keep the header/navigation elements stationary
User could navigate easily no matter which part they are viewing: just look to the top or sometimes the left side of the page
Look pretty good and can pair with most layouts
https://www.facebook.com
twitter.github.io/bootstrap/javascript.html
Contents are continually fetched as you scroll down the page. Pagination is no longer necessary.
Pros:
Faster browsing: clicking from page-to-page and waiting for the results to be loaded is time consuming. Infinite scrolling provides smoother UX
Touch-friendly: increasing popularity of mobile devices
Greater content exposure: with large volumes of contents, people hardly goes beyond the 3rd page. Seamless experience from scrolling encourages users to see more contents
Cons:
More javascript could be a pain for performance
Navigating back is irritating. Bookmarking & anchors might be necessary.
http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=web+design
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/pokemon