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The online platform continues to change day in day out most notably in the web design niche. Most web designers today have deviated from normal and basic web design, and are employing new and trending tactics to increase usability and web efficiency. This has been propelled by the wake of smartphones and other handheld devices, new web design trends of 2014 have taken a new twist as discussed below.



One thing that will be happening that is new will take place in the fonts area, as everyone is experimenting with new, more exciting fonts. One group call it looking or fonts with personality. The idea is to have fonts say more than just words, but to convey the idea with the shape, size and color of the fonts.

Responsive websites have taken over a lot of space too, and not the newer trend will be to carry that model over to the mobile arena. Since almost 60 per cent of people searching online do so now with their mobile devices, it only makes sense to apply that statistic to searches and take advantage of it. The software is different for desktops and mobile devices, so there will be a concerted push in that direction for 2014.

In 2013, large 'Hero Areas' at the top of sites, borrowed from print, is bound to continue, yet probably without the sliders which are not the viewers best friend. Expect large areas with some print backed up with a large print. This approach seems to work well with real estate sites, with the real 'meat' on farther down. The hero space is going to be very creative and exciting.

Responsiveness is the name of the game, and now it is moving to mobile. Roughly 60 percent of all searchers are doing their searching on mobile devices, so now the mobile apps are gearing up for the biggest mobile promotion yet. More email capture, scrolling sites, and videos instead reading, will be what people will be looking for in 2014.