As 2011 ends, web design followers could be thinking what’s up and coming in 2012. The chief change in web design trends next year is on making the digital experience closer to real-life.
If you already have a website and you would like to be trendy this year, then this means revisiting your Home Page and About Us page. More often than not, websites are either informative or instructive right on the initial page the visitors see, whereas, visitors should be properly welcomed to the site. This is what occurs in real life anyway. The initial time people meet they don’t really sell a product or say too much about themselves. They basically say “Hi, I am John and I trade bags. How are you today?” In terms of web sites, the 2012 home page mostly will only be one-liners “Hi, I am a web designer. Do you want a website?” And then the visitor clicks a link that will take him or her to the services and other details.
Because of this, types and fonts on the home page are larger, bolder, and shorter. Using one font type as well as style for different text on the home page will be more of the pattern as well, with emphasis on simplicity and a focused message. More sites will unclutter the look of their home page this year, to move other content to other pages as is the way natural and real-life interactions go.
There will also be a noticeable transfer from informative to being interactive in 2012 websites. The home page will be divided into two parts — a strong header and a strong footer — which will permit it to be more usable and interactive instead of merely being instructive..
With the new year comes new styles and changes which people normally look forward to. While trends do come and go, the same doctrine remain. For a website, the doctrine of simplicity and usability cannot be undermined. Visitors connect more to websites that they can without difficulty understand and use. Simplicity is the way sites can establish long term business with visitors.
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