Technology and trend are never constant. They keep evolving with time. While talking about web design trends, the website designed 5 years back is completely different than the website designed today. The taste, the presentation and the choice… everything has changed and evolved with time. It’s not a doubt that the world of web has become much complex and creative with immersive web experience.

But sometimes, wrong implementation can completely make negative impression and ruin the user experience. If you wonder, what might be those wrong implementations, then continue reading below!

HTML5, CSS3 & Javascript

HTML5 and CSS3 has groomed so much that the way we see the web has completely changed. Javascript is another hot trending topic that has been a center of attraction for many designers. However, despite of the huge potentiality of javascript, many designers get over excited and lose sight of the original purpose of the project.

For example, the scroll activated animations, though might be good to look at but people will be so engaged in the deisgn that they rarely give a damn about the brand message. People simply get distracted and most of all, they might not load properly in smartphones and other devices.

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Load time

Everyone’s busy in this digital world. When users visit your website, they want to see your website loaded ASAP rather than waiting for minutes. That is why, while designing your website, do not make it so complex that it takes longer time to load and easily distract visitors which may lead them to visit your competitor’s website.

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Parallax Scrolling

Another trendy web design approach is parallax scrolling that just WOWs any deisgn. However, a simple mistake that many designers make is, overdo this parallax effect. This, as a result, confuse visitors and they do not get any message and get distracted. It’s also hard to maintain between several devices.

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Navigation

Navigation is the most fundamental part of any app or website. Hovers, drop-down menus have always been with us from years and years but the latest navigation trends, however, comes with their own UX issues that needs to be fixed. When it comes to responsive design, it’s more complex to manage navigations. Also, many designers prefer to use icons instead of text in the navigation which might be good in terms of design but visitors often get confuse with these icons.

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