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Web Design Trends | Responsive Web Design

Even five years ago, it seemed enough to have an attractive header and a layout that looked acceptable in all the available desktop browsers. Since then, people’s usage of the web has changed - a lot. As developers spend more time analyzing what keeps people engaged in their content and community, they are discovering that web design is more important than ever - and more complicated. It’s not just to look pretty or professional anymore. Web design needs to be functional. The most obvious web design trends in 2012 are centered around just that. Responsive Web Design Responsive web design is probably the most critical trend that is emerging this year. The emergence of fast, Internet-connected mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones in recent years has provided an untameable number of display sizes and browser types to test designs with. There is no universal design that will work and you simply can’t develop a different design for every possible combination of device properties. Now, using a clever combination of Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript, it is possible to have the design reformat itself to fit whatever browser it’s in. Usually, the designer begins by creating a simple design to be displayed on a small smartphone display. Then, from there, the designer can begin working his way toward larger screen resolutions until the design will look good on the largest screens. One of the key aspects of responsive design is that if you resize your browser, the site will also resize. This makes it an excellent tool for taking notes and doing web browsing side-by-side with other work. If the person doesn’t have JavaScript enabled, a non-JavaScript version is served instead. Typography and website design