Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Future of Web Designing

Web site design projects of the yore were not very complex and carried the sole purpose of displaying text onto your computer screen.  Since then, web has come a long way with more complex navigation & and designs. The World Wide Web is "still in its infancy" but as the technology has evolved, it has now become difficult to manage the balance between practicality and compatibility, and between esthetics and availability. These artificial limits are not impossible to cross; we only have to look beyond them & work on the shortcomings, if any. Go through the points mentioned below to take a sneak peek into the future of web design.

•    Simplicity - It's the most important attribute of a web site. The freelancers dealing with online web designing projects can no more ignore this fact. The seemingly overcrowded web pages, filled with irrelevant and confusing information tend to distract the users resulting in overall customer dissatisfaction.

•    Speed - Freelancers handling web site design projects must create & optimize web pages so that they are downloaded quickly. Similarly in the case of web page ecommerce, the consumer wants to shop quickly without being bombarded with needless advertisements or lengthy buying procedures. An intelligent & successful website is one that takes care of all the needs of an end-user and is quick in doing it.

•    Attractive Design - Website designing, especially ecommerce designing is more than just images and text or data. An ecommerce website is a marketing platform that represents your companies business and its products. A shabby looking website will surely drive away any potential customer. A website must have a personality & must reflect emotions. Therefore, freelancer undertaking online web designing projects must try and keep the designs attractive.

•    Standardization - Standardization of web design is going to be the huge step forward on the World Wide Web. It's going to be about usability & functionality.

Web designing has evolved from being primitive to complex & will now move towards being simple and easy to use. The goal, eventually is to produce visually appealing and radically distinctive web designs which are compatible with all kinds of browsers and accessible to one and all.

written by Udit Verma

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