Now for something else.....

Came across this on http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ :

I love this site . It has so much useful design information about the latest trends in graphic design , web design , typography for design etc . The picture above , is in relation to simplicity in web design , which is def key to designing my website . Simplicity was key in my identity design therefore i want to carry on from there , and continue to apply this .

Designing For The Future Web

this seems to be a big thing at the moment and on the site , they ask the question , how to design for future web as it isn't here yet !

There are many elements to consider , functionality , usability , sites that are built around consistent core  etc 

Image: Juhan Sonin

by reading the article on smashing , i have to decide what elements i need to think about in relation to my wen design , how the users would interact with it , experience , development , global appeal ? 

I found this information below on smashing : 

I think its really helpful : 

Where Do I Start? And How Will I Know When I Get There?

If a single consistent experience is our goal, this begs the question, should we create a mobile website that scales up or a desktop website that degrades?

The answer is neither. We should try to create a single design that can be used across all devices without alteration. But in practice, at least for the moment, we should start with the simplest website and work up.

Why? Let’s go back to the introduction. On the portable Web, we have no control over how our content will be used or viewed, and as such we must throw out the idea that we are designing for a particular device or device size. We must approach the design of our website in a different way, one in which we create the core content or service first. After all, this will define our website in the end, not the visual elements. This may seem difficult initially, but as we shall see, many of the best practices for desktop website development hold true for the portable Web, especially with regard to content structure.

To recap, here are the key rules to bear in mind when working through a design for the portable Web:

1. The website should be available to as wide an audience as possible;
2. The website should contain the same content wherever it is viewed, where feasible;
3. The website’s structure should be the same wherever it is viewed;
4. The content should be displayed in a manner that is appropriate to its environment.

A website that meets all of these criteria would fit snugly in the future portable Web. But how do we go about making our websites do this?