Moving Forward
“They had a really slick website…”
Overcome the ‘Perception Hurdle’ about your business. A website with the latest innovations indicates you’re moving forward. The opposite is equally true
Getting Innovative
- Ambrose Designs: portfolio pieces
- Herts Aid: types of courses
- Amelio: service provider details
- Mind the Gap: providers by area
- Revealing answers, in a FAQ section
- Revealing secondary information, in a longer article
Compressing Content
Reducing Scroll Fatigue
Fewer pages, with more content, improves navigation. However, content’s harder to find on long pages. Tabs display multiple content in the same place. Toggles hide content until selected.
Live Chat
Instant Messaging via your Website
Instant answers to quick fire questions (eg technical sales & support, insurance, product support). Must be manned during working hours. Sidesteps ‘switchboard purgatory’.
Beyond Flat UI
Return of the Drop Shadow
Drop shadows disappeared to de-clutter mobile sites. However, ‘digital affordance’ issues (i.e. Is it a link?) meant alongside pill shape buttons, new subtler drop shadows are back.
Colour Tints on Photos
Making Type Stand Out
Eye tracking research shows visitors hone in on faces, especially those of babies, more than anything else. If overlaying type, adding a tint, helps increase reading rates.
Sticky Headers
Keeping Navigation Visible
When scrolling, navigation height reduces and is fixed at the top of the screen. These keeps menus displayed and maximises content view. Increases page flows, especially on laptops.
Please!
Don’t Do This
CSS3 Animations
Adding Dynamism to a Page
Light animation enhances user experience, as long as it’s rapid and on page load only. Avoid irritating pulsating graphics. They also carry seizure risks. See WCAG’s official guidelines >
Articles about Innovation
Who Invented Text Messaging?
Starting 25 years ago, we’re used to people stopping conversations, on hearing their phone bleep. […]
Get Off of My Cloud
Is cloud computing safe? Isn’t it safer to keep precious documents and photos in your devices? […]
Shall We Ditch the Slider?
Since 2012, a popular client request is to have a slider on the homepage. But is it just a fad […]
Less is Flawed
The 1930s maxim, Less is More popularised by architect & designer Mies van der Rohe is back. […]