Web Design Trends

Some Recent Trends in Web Development

Lot of new technologies have revolutionized the world of internet in the past year. Each year comes with different techniques to update and popularize the world of website. The growing impact of internet on the daily life of people has made it an essential part in the day to day life of people. Websites has become an important factor in many areas. Many new trends that appeared in the web development has helped in making the websites popular to people. There are many trends that came in the previous years and have made the use of internet so popular. Some of the trends in web development that needs to be watch out for 2014 are as follows.

 Hot Trends in Web Development

1)      Flat Design– With the arrival of smart phones and various types of computers and laptops, websites needed to be developed in such a way that it should help to match with different types of screens. A responsive layouts and flat design needed to be provided for this to support all devices that are currently in use and for those that will be released in the near future.

2)      Keeping the header bar fixed– It is a trend that is experienced in many websites of late. By keeping the header bar fixed while scrolling, it gives the user more comfort in browsing and constant support in navigation.

3)      Large Hero areas with suitable background– Hero areas means the intro area, which have little amount of text. Providing large hero areas with suitable background image to attain the attention of users are a widely accepted trend in web development.

4)      Transparency in web page– By providing transparency in web pages with minimum opacity, the websites can be made more interesting. This technique has been a trend widely used recently with more people coming towards the development of further methods in its advancement.

5)      Minimal landing points on a web page– Earlier it was a trend to accumulate maximum landing page in a website to create more access to people. However, this is no longer a trend as people now seek minimal landing pages on a web page for easy navigation.

6)      Videos in place of text and simple color scheme– It is a popular trend these days to provide videos instead of text for people to understand. The simple color scheme in the background makes the web page more desirable.

More and more trends will appear in the future that makes the web development more popular. No matter how many trends come, the content will always be an important factor in web development.