Gone are the days when a developer’s only concern was to fit a website into a single screen. With the invention of several mobile devices, the need to have a website that fits perfectly on all the devices has become extremely important. Moreover, with the invention of more mobile devices in the future, the pressure to have your website perfectly visible on all the platforms is huge. But this doesn’t mean that you have to individually design websites for every single device, and the credit for it goes to responsive web design. Using responsive web design services, you can design a single website that will automatically fit in the dimensions of the device it is opened with. In other words, with this particular methodology, you can achieve mobile-friendly website development as it allows the web pages to resize themselves according to the type of device they are seen through.
Responsive mobile web design services, includes a mix of images, flexible grids, layouts, and a smart use of CSS media queries. This means that as the user moves from his laptop to mobile, the website immediately switches to accommodate the image size, resolution, and scripting abilities. This mainly translates to the fact that the website should have the necessary technology to adapt to the user’s preferences.
Responsive web design has removed the need to design and develop differently for each and each and every device in the market.
Let us further take a look at the latest responsive design trends that are changing the web.
Attractive typography is one of the latest trends in the responsive web design market. Designers are using bold, colorful typography on the web pages to reach out to the target audiences. This trend is particularly appealing as it pushes the creative boundaries of typography. In fact, creative typography is now the main feature on many websites. The bold typefaces occupy a major part of the screen to be the center of attraction on the website.
Another trend going on in the market is the resizing of font for different screens. Designers are paying utmost attention to reduce the font size to fit on the smaller screen, without actually having to compromise with the UX. The best feature of this trend is that the developers need not invest extra efforts into coding, as the media queries progressively resize the font to fit into smaller screens. The design trend may also involve the placement of the menu to a more desirable position, while at the same time maintaining the list elements in a corresponding alignment.
On a smaller screen, a horizontal menu is not only aesthetically displeasing but also from the usability front, is not that effective. Users face navigational difficulties in case of horizontally stretched menus. The perfect solution this particular issue is the introduction of elongated menus for vertical display on smaller devices. A vertical menu that fits-in perfectly is more suitable from the design perspective. In fact, it displays the menu-list to the user in a more readable and formal manner. It also makes the items on the menu easy to click-on and to browse through. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to go with the vertical menu, you can also display the menu in a tabular form if it doesn’t contain many elements.
On-screen toggles, another trending responsive web design trend, are an effective way to give your website a cleaner look by saving space. This UX technique is also effective for secondary menu items that can be toggled from the same page. This means that a website can have a primary vertical menu and a secondary menu item that can be toggled directly from the same page to access deeper links. This trend provides the user with a super-smooth experience as they are able to browse through several site pages while saving the time on the HTTP requests sent to the server.
The hidden toggle menu, also known as hamburger/sliding drawer/3-bar menu, has seen a widespread use lately. The trend was first witnessed in the mobile iOS App market and later spread to other platforms. It is now quite a common feature in responsive websites. Some amazing features of the hidden toggle menu include grabbing the user attention towards the links, saving space, and bringing together the main links and the sub-menu links.
The only negative effect of the hidden toggle menu is that it is ineffective for browsers that do not support JavaScript.
With this we wrap-up the latest trends on-going in the responsive web design market.
