Maybe its just me, but I think the Design of the Web is improving. Whether it is becuase of new technologies such as AJAX, powerful frameworks such as Ruby on Rails or CakePHP, or it is just simply due to the realization of what the everyday -average- user wants.
Simple is in, and thank God! Web Sites of the past have been cluddered with obtrusive ads, annoying popups, bad color schemes, and poor graphics. I think we are moving in the right direction. Being a fan of Google (did you notice??), maybe they deserve a ‘pat on the back’ for, perhaps pioneering, and definitely showing the attractive nature of keeping things simple, easy to use and understand, and yet extremely powerful.
Getting to the point, I think that Web Design from Scratch has a great article on the Current style in web design, pointing out what is hip in web design today. They focus on:
- Simple layout
- Centered orientation
- 3D effects, used sparingly
- Soft, neutral background colours
- Strong colour, used sparingly
- Cute icons, used sparingly
- Plenty of whitespace
- Nice big text
The page also highlights some of the best current designed web sites out there today, including:
No Comments, Comment or Ping
Reply to “Trends in web design”