Responsive web design is fast becoming the hottest trend in the world of web design, and this is largely down to the huge popularity of mobile devices, like tablets and smartphones. The wide range of different screen sizes to cater for means that websites need to adapt to the device they are being used on to keep looking good. Gone are the days of designing for the standard desktop screen. Alongside this trend of mobile internet use, is the dawn of HTML5 and the interactive capabilities that the new technology brings. In .net magazine’s top 15 web design trends for 2012, responsive web design came in second place.
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In this article I would like to write about design elements, which are often overlooked by web design beginners. Those elements that should already be by default, they are often not mentioned in the requirements specification, because many people think that designers already know about them and you shouldn’t bore anyone describing them.
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Nobody can predict what devices your visitors use. It’s better to focus on resolution and not on devices. If you are not Facebook or Google corporation, most likely you won’t be able to carry the creation and maintenance of different versions of the site for each device on one’s shoulders. And it doesn’t make much sense, because the situation is similar to the realities of fifteen years ago. At that time the sites were created “for the browser” and now someone offers to do a site “for the device.”
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With the advent and popularization of tablets and smartphones in our lives, as well as the development of mobile versions of different sites there’s a need in creating a websites which will correspond to the requirements of multiple devices. The aim of creating a Responsive Web design can be achieved with the help of flexible grids, layouts, images and the use of CSS. In this post we would like to cover some tutorials, techniques and articles you might be interested in.
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When you are developing the concept for your new site, the first vital thing you should do is to make maximum efforts in improving the usability. Even the most beautiful and stylish design cannot compensate the shortcomings and problems that will appear with non- user-friendly site, especially if your site is not just a blog, but a commercial project, where you provide any services. You’d better make sure that your visitors are not confused with your site and after visiting it once they’ll be pleased to do this again. In this post we would like to feature some Free Educational Resources, Articles and services that might help you to enhance the usability of your website.
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Eric Reiss is a specialist on issues of information architecture, usability and user experience and he suggested 10 rules (he calls it web dogma) that every site owners and people who work on a site creation and optimization should certainly follow to make their site successful and to improve its usability.
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