Picture of the Week: Mobile Interface Design

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This picture is pretty self-explanatory.  Web design in general is more about marketing now days.  When the Internet was born, all webmasters needed to do was display information.  Later, web designers wanted to see how far they could go with the designs and the Internet became more like an abstract canvas for artists.

Today the most important element is the user experience.  If you cannot get your viewer hooked, then you are just wasting money and your time designing it.

There are certain 'standards' that users have come to expect when they visit a website.  It is the job of the designer to meet those needs and then go beyond.  Number eight in the image above, in my opinion, is the most important.

This week check out Mobile Web Mastery: 25 Tips on Designing for Mobile Devices and 5 Pillars of Successful Mobile Design.

Picture of the Week : Change

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Many web designers and website owners know that the Internet is changing.  Everyone has seen this with the explosion of mobile media. Everybody wants an app, or a mobile version of a website. About 67% of Internet users in 2013 admit that they do most of their Internet browsing on their mobile devices.

But what does this mean for those website owners that already have their websites established?  Plain and simple: It's time to upgrade.  Just like maintaining and buying new parts for your car, you have to maintain and make changes to your websites.  Content gets outdated, certain technologies get outdated, and new technologies require those businesses that have a website to upgrade.  Mobile technology has forced that upon us.

If you have not already looked into the benefits of making your website mobile, Vitamin Talent's infographic  and Social Media Today's infographic both are good easy to read visual examples of why mobile design is so important today.

Not only has it become a requirement to develop mobile versions of existing websites, but experts are recommending that if you have not already established a website for you business, you should consider developing the mobile version first.  Most designers nowadays have actually closed the gap on having a desktop version of a website and mobile version of a website by developing websites that are considered responsive.

What is your opinion?  Leave me a comment and tell me what you think.