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If something can be said about the Internet, is its ability to introduce reinvention and creativity in any industry. Such is visible, if not the most visible example, in the creation of web pages.
We are 18 years into the new millennium and things are always shaking up. New trends and new creative ideas are popping up everywhere. You have to ask, why is there need to change? If the old web page design works, why fix it? Why change? Web pages adapt to changes for the following reasons: • Trends—whether or not you accept them—exists alongside your own creative ideas; staying the same in the midst of fast-changing trends would be tantamount to giving up. • Technological advancements also play a huge part as functionalities need to be upgraded to keep up with the latest changes in the devices that would display them. • And lastly, the needs of the consumers, in a fast-changing country like Singapore that is easily bored and tires of anything stagnant, will demand for an equally responsive web design. In Singapore, several web design trends have emerged. Check them out and see if you can apply them for your own brand. 5 Web Design Trends for 2018 1. Mobile is king 2017 saw mobile usage finally overtaking desktop browsing. According to Kelly Morr, senior manager of content strategy at 99designs, designers will continue to develop cleverer ways of organizing information in intuitive and beautiful ways leading to more user-friendly experience. Back when mobile browsing was new, designers had to tackle with the dilemma of how to incorporate the big, beautiful pictures their customers are used to seeing into small screens. But now, those problems are things of the past as programmers have been more and more used to utilizing the small screen by using icons, which users now have grown accustomed to. 2. Time-saving animations The advent of mobile browsing meant that consumers are more concerned about saving time. They want information now, they want it fast, and they want it complete. Relaying information through more traditional avenues, like text and images, is now passé. Today’s information revolution is powered by animations! Able to convey complex ideas, which are both engaging and informative, animation plays a huge part in making ideas and interfaces easier to understand, according to interactive designer Chris Gannon. Animation also plays a big role in today’s storytelling. Capturing users’ attention, animations are able to express a stronger personality to a brand, more than text and static images. 3. The return of the flat design In Singapore, ecommerce website development has seen flat designs superseded by bold brutalized use of shapes and colours. However, in 2018, flat design is learning to adapt and stay relevant. Utilizing gradients and shadows, design practices that were considered taboos during the 2000s era. Corporate headers and logo designs now have updated colour palettes with softer and subtler transitions. 4. BRUTALISM (not the violent one) Brutalism basically means designers running amuck with regards to web design. Early 2017 the emergence of this design. Ripping open spaces where anything can be put, designers using a brutal approach have eschewed optimization and web design principles in favour of looks and feel, often surprising users with jarring aesthetics and unexpected functions. 5. The font revolution Part of the brutalism movement is the use of more elaborate typefaces. Gone are the days where sans serif fonts take centre stage. With advancements in both screen and font-rendering technologies, more font styles, not to mention customized fonts, are available. More diverse styles give rise to companies being able to express their identities through mere fonts alone. The next time you see pure, vibrant and dynamic text, take time to see how much bigger a supporting role they now play. These (and much more!) prove that 2018 will be a ground-breaking year for web design! Prepare to be wowed by interactive, dynamic and informative websites! Get on the bandwagon and apply these trends to your own site now!
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At the present time, the first thing a person gets when he/she wakes up is his/her mobile phone. It has become a normal routine for us people checking out text messages, browsing pictures and stuff, playing games and just using mobile applications. Mobile phones isn’t just for communication by making calls or sending text messages with the technology today these mobile phones can be like as computers as well. It is either you can check your email, browse or surf or even access social media websites.
Mobile phones are that handy today compared to the mobile phones in the past. So what is a mobile phone in general? It is a portable telephone that can either receive or make calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within telephone service area. Mobile applications that are installed in our phones are computer programs that are designed to run on mobile phones. How are these mobile applications made? Well, these mobile applications are developed by people that are called programmer/developers. These developers/programmer creates applications based on a client’s need it is either can be universal meaning this application is for all mobile users or it can be for personal use meaning it is designed for a specific person or company. Mobile app development in Singapore is rapidly growing because of the need of mobile applications in the market. As you can see almost every year a number of mobile applications are launched. The usual applications that are developed are mobile games because the demand for applications like this is high. Why? Most mobile users today uses mobile applications are people in between 14 to 30 years old. The range of age given is users that use applications as their past time. Other than games there are various kinds of mobile applications like life style mobile applications which are related with fitness, dating, food, music, and travel examples of these are Spotify, TripAdvisor and Uber. The next kind of mobile app is social media applications these are the applications that is mostly used by almost all mobile users and most popular because today’s society shares more about their day-to-day lives than ever before. Example of common types of social media apps are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Utility mobile applications are the types of apps that we may use most often without thinking about them as apps examples are reminders, calculators, flashlight and weather. While this may sound the most boring type of mobile application productivity mobile applications is an incredibly popular category. These type of apps help its users accomplish a task quickly and efficiently, making what are sometimes mundane task easier and examples are docs, sheets, and wallet/pay. Last but not least is the information outlet mobile apps these applications are pretty straight forward. It supplies their users with the news and information they are looking for in an easy to understand layout and examples are Buzzfeed and SmartNews. In the years to come mobile application development in Singapore will surely grow more and applications will be more enhanced than ever. |
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