‘If you don’t have a website you don’t exist’ this is how important a website is to a business. Website design has evolved a lot in last 20 years. We have done research on the Website Design Trend and History from 1990 to present. The article illustrates the evolution in the website design industry and website design trends

EARLY 1990’S – TEXT BASED SITES AND MOSAIC

 

EARLY 1990’S – MID-1990’S – TABLE BASED GRAPHICS AND ONLINE SITE BUILDERS

 

LATE 1990’S – THE AGE OF FLASH

 

2000’s – CASCADING STYLE SHEETS (CSS)

 

2000 – 2002 – JAVA SCRIPT AND SEMANTICS

 

2002 – 2004:

 

2004-2005:

Cluttered Layout:

 

Patterns and Textures Changed:

 

2006 – 2007:

Huge Fonts & Neutral Background Colours:

 

2008 – 2009

Vintage, Retro & Oversized Everything:

 

 

2009 – 2010:

Radical Transparency & Textured Backgrounds:

 

Fixed Position Navigation Bar:

 

2011 – 2012:

Full-Screen Photo Backgrounds:

 

Boards and Grids:

 

2013 – 2014:

Flat Design & Fixed Header:

Full-Width Pages:

 

TODAY’S WEB: WEB 2.0 AND BEYOND:

Large Hero Areas:

 

Active Theory

Bodalgo

Conkansei

Dandimpizza

Intersys

Matthew Hall

Mission

Kgorocentral

Jack Horner

Roblutter

Monaco

Quark

True

Vital WiFi

Yoke

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