web design trends 2014
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- monkeyshine0
@mg33 - I see more interactive wires or prototypes taking the place of static wireframes. Flat wires do not illustrate interaction behavior and the time and code involved in creating something like Axure prototypes is cumbersome.
I think we will see the evolution of software like Macaw (http://macaw.co/) that will provide a better way to demonstrate responsive and other interaction patterns. If Macaw can produce clean enough code, it can also be used throughout the process (unlike Axure where what is produced is not usable by Dev).
- utopian0
- <jaylarson
- ha.. currently incorporating one myself.hotroddy
- dittoduckseason
- Yeah, been seeing a lot of this lately.desmo
- i_monk0
intelliboy – Sites/templates like that surged following the release of the iPad (and other tablets); suddenly everything needed to be big and chunky and scrolly for tablets. Once people stop giving a shit about tablets those sites will be redesigned.
- mg330
monkeyshine,
I agree on that. I've been including even small interactive parts in wireframes to share with internal teams and it really makes a difference. The problem is that, still, most clients are going to get a PDF of the wires and that interactivity is not going to work. One of the fun parts of my job right now is trying to help our UX team modernize some things, and especially make our documentation look a lot nicer.
I started using a nice stencil set in Omnigraffle in for user flows. Check these out if you've not seen them:
http://uxkits.com/products/emd-w…My idea is that this is the main place that "static" pages would appear, either in a flow or sitemap or combination of both. Then the wire pages themselves have interactivity and such.
I'll have to check out Macaw for sure.
- WeLoveNoise0
FLASH!!!
- monkeyshine0
death of conventional wireframes (fingers crossed)
- mg330
@monkeyshine - what do you see them evolving into?
- inteliboy0
I don't know what it's called, but when is this style of website going to end?
http://www.lemonade.com.au/
http://www.whistle.com/
http://www.moresleep.net/
https://www.involvio.com/
etc...nice design here, don't get me wrong. But shit... every second site these days has this exact same layout.
- mg330
intelliboy,
It will stop as soon as mass-market theme developers and designers start doing things differently, or as soon as customers without the know-how to design and build sites from scratch stop using those themes.
That said, most that I see in that style I like. In many cases for a business's site, it's nice to see layouts that are similar so that I don't have to go and figure out some "unique" page, and I can more quickly focus on the content.
- Ambushstudio0
Im really liking this thread
- meffid0
intelliboy–
All the info on one scrollable page?
The awful with the above examples is just poor content and writing, shit wordpress, and always done badly.
The framework generally just works, is responsive, is easy, makes sense, tells a story, communicates well... etc.
It won't be 'going to end' any time soon.
- vaxorcist0
lots of rethinking of the "responsive" thing for smartphones and tablets, rather than just "do the responsive thing" and end up with a bouncy weird page, people will come up with simpler solutions...
What I'd like to see is a client and designer mindset that works well with knowing that different platforms will look different, there's no more curse of the "I want it to look the same everywhere" mindset...
note that many phone "responsive" layouts don't look so great on an ipad, even if they may code-wise default that way on an ipad
- utopian0
Flash will be back!
- woohoo!!formed
- FlashbackFax_Benson
- FlshRwndKrassy
- Believe it or not I'm just about to build a flash based screensaver for a client!thecreativefire
- utopian0
Seriously, responsive flat design will prevail this year.
And once again... Apple will have to play catch-up to the design and innovation leaders such as: Google, Samsung and Microsoft.
- aren't we talking web design though? Seems like your referring to product design.Al_dizzle
- are you referring to apple's website? i'm confused.doesnotexist
- impressivekingsteven
- GeorgesII0
personally, this year I'm going to try to sell projects that exits the web and enter the real world, I know it's been done before but mainly they are short term project,
I'm currently working on something that will be based on the net but which would have a permanent "booth" around the city, lets see how it goes
- doesnotexist0
content will gain relevance. tired of seeing scrolling parallax sites that offer nothing beyond a trite animation.
- Content has always been and will always be KING!Krassy
- completely not truedoesnotexist
- < you are wrongKrassy
- animatedgif0
subtle shadows making a comeback, abstract gradient backgrounds.
"Flat UI" turquoise will finally hit mainstream causing the end of that trend and maybe the rise of "Flat UI" pale red to ubiquity
Dribbble will no longer be cool with that crowd