Back in August 2008 I pondered what the future held for web design. We are just entering 2009, so what does this year hold for web design?
Here are some expert views on the year ahead in web design!
Smiley Cat has a great set of predictions. Including thoughts on; hand drawn websites (I don’t like them personally), mobile web design (very important!), social media, javascript libraries, online video, interaction design.
Here is an excerpt from the SmileyCat article:
In 2009 it won’t be enough to simply create a web site for a client. Web designers will need to implement a farther reaching strategy that includes the main social media web sites. For example, creating Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter pages for a customer or product.
A 14minute podcast (free to download) from Jim Degerstrom talks about web design trends for seo, content management systems, DIY web design, multimedia content, and the page width standard for 2009. Worth a listen whilst your working.
I’ve seen a few comments on the odd forum post as well but there aren’t many other comprehensive predictions for 2009 (sitepoint and others don’t have any!?). The few comments there are just cover the usual; web designers embracing SEO/SEM etc.
This blog is all about how web design affects success. So of all the predictions I am most excited about Interaction Design and also further embracing Online Video which users seem to love. Let 2009 unveil itself….
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