subject: Web Design Analysis [print this page] With the use of more online technologies the web designer's have started to create interesting designs apart from using simple images and HTML/CSS coding. Clients also want to see more creative work with the higher level of functionality and interactivity. This is because more website today make use of the things like Ajax and JavaScript. In short it can be said that static websites are dead now-a-days.
On the other hand designs that are grid-based are gaining more importance today. For example we can take mobile designs, retro designs and many more. But you can see these designs only in the product, blogs and portfolio pages. With huge amount of data, one classify the information based on the context apart from the content since this will be the best method for the companies to handle the huge amount of data.
Now-a-days print designs are of great inspiration to the web designer's to make their layout. This will also include white spaces, grid usage and elements hierarchy. As a result the layouts created by the web designer's resemble the print magazines posters with the striking headlines, quotations, side notes, supporting images and footnotes.
The other things that is gaining more importance today is the browser capability. Web designers are taking care that the designs they create fits in all the web browsers like Google chrome, Firefox, safari and opera. They are also making sure that the text are easily readable in all browsers and platforms.
Designer's of web application development are now paying more importance to the functionality which can be used to improve user interaction and response. At present designer's are more clear on usability and create site with minimal design which is easily navigable to the web surfers. Some designers have an attempt to provide horizontal scroll bars to make the design more distinct user interface. The best option to make the site more user-friendly is to provide key-press navigation which has been not adopted till now. But in the near future will be able to see more designers will be using this effectively.
The other new feature that is gaining more importance is the slab typefaces which is relatively a new feature in logos and headers which is more smaller and understated by the web designers.
Rich and strong typography has a major role to play in web design for the years to come. This is because bold, strong, headlines will make the e commerce websites very effective and on the other hand subtler headings helps to improve the structure of the website and its also improves the legibility. At the same time the big change that is seen in the web design world is the improvement in the typography which is becoming richer and more versatile.
Apart from these the more growing trends are embossing, PNG transparency, user interface, replacement of fonts, use of big images, modal boxes, media blocks, magazine look, introduction block, etc. will be a growing trend in the near future.
The main concept that lies in creating more online business is through managing the web experience and to deliver the correct business value. So in the near future web typography is going to reach the hew heights.
