| 20 experiential web design trends for 2012 Econsultancy (blog)Web design by its very nature continues to evolve, as it must, to make the most of modern browsers and the likes of HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery, and to provide a wonderful user experience for tablet and smartphone owners. Nowadays there is plenty of opportunity to stand out from the crowd, by being ahead of the curve, or by embracing new techniques that can help you to improve the performance of your website. So I thought I'd round up some of the more recent trends in experiential web design. I say 'experiential' because I'm less interested in seeing whether drop shadows have made a comeback. The focus of this article is primarily about the aspects of web design that directly affect the user experience, rather than particular stylistic trends to do with the look and feel. Great designers understand how to design for user interaction, and how to encourage new user behaviours and habits. World-class designers introduce emotion and have fun along the way. Some of these trends aren't just-out-of-the-oven new, but they're in here because they've become adopted by the mainstream. I have included other design features because they rock, and I'd like to see them on more websites. It's worth pointing out that user experience professionals are on the fence about some of these things. Do leave a comment if you feel strongly, one way or another, and be sure to let me know what I've missed. Device agnosticLet's get the obvious one out of the way first. There is still much talk about responsive vs adaptive design, and which is the best route to take, so that the user experience is wonderful regardless of which device is being used by your visitors. A good thing.Sticky navigation / contentFor example, navigation that remains in the same fixed position as you scroll down the page. Our social sharing buttons do this, on the left of this post. So does Fab's 'sale ends' strip. |
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Posted By administrador to web design latest news at 11/02/2012 01:48:00 AM
