The internet looks completely different today than it did when the first websites went online, and it's amazing how much the web has changed. Designers are constantly coming up with new and cool ways to change the way we interact with the internet. Before we check out the latest trends in web design, let's take a look back at the evolution of web design. Visit http://www.digitalsuccessagency.com/blog to know more.
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Amidst one billion websites on the Internet, how is the evolution of website design affecting you?
1. Amidst one billion websites on the Internet, how is
the evolution of website design affecting you?
From 1 website in 1991 to 1 billion in 2014, the internet has indeed grown far
beyond what anyone could have imagined twenty years ago. If you’re feeling
awash in this deluge of active websites that just about anyone can create, you’re
definitely not swimming alone.
In the most recent years of the internet’s evolution, website design has
transitioned from being highly convoluted to nearly effortless. The big players like
WordPress continue to innovate by introducingprocesses like thedrag and drop
website building tools. As the solo blogger and young corporate worker are both
now capable of crafting a quality website in minutes,we have to ask ourselves, “Is
website design a thing of the past?”
With a quick glance of a mobile design, it’s easy to see that web design is not only
alive and well, but thriving. Because the mobile user has already overtaken the
classic desktop, room to innovate in this space is seemingly infinite.This is
2. especially true sinceless the half of a percent of all the active websites in the
world actuallyhave a mobile app dedicated to their brand.
As stated by Pete Thomas from Uniform,
“The idea of the personal computer as we know it currently will be
redundant in a few years’ time, with more and more people just
using phones, tablets, TVs and games consoles to access apps that
streamline the way they interact with the Internet.”
The primary areas we foresee innovation to take place on mobile isin the creation
of mobile apps and webpages from the ground up with the priority placed on
mobile usage and the new innovations in UI and UX.
User Experience and User Interface
The infinitely related user interface and experience are both being heavily
experimented with mobile websites and apps even today. As mobile internet
usage is innately focused on being in the moment, UX and UI trends that have
emerged are all centered on being simple, fast, and easy to use. And with the
slow exodus of UX designers from desktops to mobile design, mobile is visually
improving faster than ever before.In this case, web design may more accurately
be called app design. The Taco Bell app is renowned as one among the most
successful mobile apps to date, a few features of which you can see here:
3. The best thing about the Taco Bell app is that the designers analyzed the user
experience and utilized different tools to create something unique when
considering the customer’s journey. In considering this natural human element,
Taco Bell launched this app with full emphasis on crisp visual stimulation in
combination with simplicity. Analyzing the actions users take while interacting
with your website or app will always lead to useful information on how to go
about optimizing, something which Taco Bell fully knows.
Mobile First
Designing for mobile first is best described by Pascal Raabe from ustwo as:
“You have to design the optimal experience from the content out, and
progressively enhance functionality rather than reshuffling your large and
bulky desktop site”
4. This quote shows that designing around mobile first places a priority on content
that is precise, easy to understand, and smooth in itsintractability. These priorities
dictate the trends we see on today’s best apps as they all employ a single theme
on each page, they’re all simple, and they’re all are easy to navigate. Besides this,
mobile first apps and websites are constantly following a single design that is fluid
amongst different mediums, while still being optimized for touch.
However, with the progression of HTML5 technology, designing for mobile first is
posed to not only be a general set of best practices. Mobile app functionality is
slowly creeping into the space we’ve traditionally designated for mobile web
pages, thus the blurring of the lines between apps and mobile sites we see today.
This is partially the reason mobile app usage has skyrocketed in the last few years-
mobile apps are simply capable of creating a more unique user experience.
With all the incredible things we’re seeing produced in both mobile apps and
webpage design, it’s no wonder web design is moving quickly in this direction.
This evolution is ushering in a new trend that is leveraging the sheer number of
people using the internet from a mobile standpoint. Designing an engaging
mobile app or webpage can be difficult, but it is entirely possible.
Drop us a message and we’ll discuss what we can do to help you
succeed.
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