Starting from that base, we are going to see what the trends of 2016 will be when it comes to web design.

IT IS A TREND IN WEB DESIGN : SHOULD WE FOLLOW THE TRENDS IN WEB DESIGN FOR 2016?

• Simple is clearly in fashion, and it will continue to be, something that is appreciated by the eye and that greatly facilitates the user experience

• Full screen wallpapers with high quality videos or images

• Use of icons that represent and summarize the most relevant content of the website.

• Use of infographics

• Material Design , the evolution of Flat Design , where now in addition to a flat web design , 3D elements, borders, shadows, etc. are included. but always under the premise that it continues to be a simple and not overloaded design.

• Burger menu.

• Fonts that resemble handwriting, in different sizes, being able to use quite large font sizes without problems, these are fonts without too many ornaments, but very creative. For web design to be responsive , fonts that change size are sometimes used instead of relocating the contents.

• Parallax Scrolling or infinite scroll . Although it is not recommended depending on how the web page is, since when everything is on the same page, web positioning is lost , although there are tricks to minimize this risk.

IT IS MANDATORY IF YOU WANT TO POSITION A WEBSITE:

• Responsive web design and cross brower , it is not that it is fashionable, it is that if you want your website to be positioned and increase the users who browse it, it is mandatory. Of course, do the favor of not browsing with Explorer 6, because that has little fix, for reasons beyond the control of any web designer, layout designer and / or web programmer.

But that the web page is displayed correctly in the vast majority of current devices and browsers is a basic condition in web development.

• The logo, responsive too. The design of a flexible and scalable logo or imagotype, which is displayed in all these sizes, without losing meaning, becomes a great challenge.

• Know your target audience and orient yourself to them, and always, to make their experience ( UX ) as pleasant and enjoyable as possible on your website .

DON’T EVEN TO IMPLEMENT IT IN WEB DESIGN:

• Visitor counters, even less, falsified. No animated GIFTS, your website must not look like Homer Simpson’s, please.

• Music, it is unnecessary to set your web page with music, it is completely unnecessary and annoys the vast majority of surfers.

• Flash.

• Thousands of advertising banners. 

In short, don’t do this: