Top 5 Web
Design Trends in 2012
2012 is here, and nearly 4 months
have gone by. It is now time to look
into the trends that are causing quite a revolution in the web world and the
ones that have made a change into how people run their businesses or execute
their online processes. The trends are indication of what is popular, what is
good and what the new technologies in the market are. Let us take a look at the
top 5 trends of 2012. As a leading software development company in India, here are the few trends that every enterprise should look into.
1. Response based Web Design
Having a web design that is
responsive will be one of the key trends of the current year. Not many
designers are aware of this or its importance but those who have understood the
need for the responsive designs are ahead of the game. The designers will have
to adopt fluid layouts as against the fixed width they have been using earlier.
This allows for more and better designs, style sheets and gives the websites
higher hit rate and chance of getting noticed. It will also make them visible
the same across platforms, both PC, mobile phones and tablets.
2. Fixed Position Navigation
Even though the fixed position
navigation was important, it wasn’t trending in 2011 or the year before. For a
website that has not many sub pages or links, and then it is necessary to feed
in a few sub links to help make navigation easy. This will help the overall
page layout and ease the surfing across pages. The basic concept here is to
have a navbar like the blogs and other websites do where the visitors will find
the site map and can easily scroll through the existing content.
An option would be to incorporate
a slideshow of sorts that scrolls the various pages across the website. This
makes it easy to see the content and for the visitors to browse through the
various information and content. Pretty soon this will become an integral part
of all the websites that are launched in 2012.
3. Big Vector Art
Brands these days have begun
putting up a big mascot that represents their business, or acts as a
spokesperson for the brand and business. This is done through illustrations and
graphics on the website, across every page. The 1st thing a visitor
sees are these made from vector art, with a bit of illustration from the
designer. Everyone who uses the internet
would have seen the MailChimp that can be seen across windows, Android and iOS
apps. The little logo does catch the eye and has been causing quite a
revolution with other businesses. There are many vector dudes found across layouts,
which people incorporate into their portals, adding to the aesthetics. If 2011
is any indication, then 2012 will only be an extension bringing in more cute
logos.
4. Menu with Multiple Columns
There are times when a person
visits a website and logs out instantly because the number of links and images
overwhelms them. Well, this is all about to change with the new layouts coming
into action. The multi column layouts are not only smart, but elegant and can
be customized to match the other colors. It can be fitted around the company
logo and USP, adding to the entire look and feel of the portal.
One can browse through some of the new
websites that have cropped up to get familiar with the new style and layouts.
It not only makes it easy to navigate, but makes the entire website look better
and more inviting.
5. Banner & Ribbon Graphics
There is one more aspect to the
design element that designers are using across the websites. These are the
smart looking banners and ribbons across the portals, sometimes they are also
badges or bookmarks. With so much free information available, these banners
will be a new way of announcing to the world the business or the new updates
available with the business.
Its amazing the number of
websites that have begun using these options in their portals over the past few
months. Not only on the computer version, but they are also visible in the
mobile devices as well. There are banners wrapped around the various free downloads
and feature articles that are on the websites and the blogs.
So, next time you consider
revamping your portal, you know what new options you have!
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