When it comes to making a website that would be compatible on all platforms, especially mobile devices, there are certain ground rules that need to be followed. These rules will ensure that the web design is well accepted on the mobile version as well. It has to be acknowledged that viewing experience on a large screen of a desktop monitor or a laptop screen vis-à-vis the viewing experience on the 7 inch screen of a mobile does vary and hence the web design Sydney based firms ensure that they make the website that would be equally readable and usable even if it is being viewed from a mobile device.
No separate website for mobiles is required
As per studies, 60% of Internet users access the web from the mobile devices and hence it is important that a mobile version of any website is being planned while designing is in the process. However, that does not require a completely different website only for mobile devices to be built.
In the effort to design a separate website altogether, the web design Sydney based experts tend to cut down on some content that they feel would cause trouble in the mobile environment. You never know what your user would want to see and cutting down some content could deprive the user from getting information that he wanted. It is hence wise to keep a single website with responsive web design that will be compatible with mobile devices as well.
Take care of visual experience
A minimum of 14px font size should be used while doing web designing for mobile devices. Anything less than that would require your user to put unnecessary strain on the eyes, and he would certainly not want to do that very often. Images should be less in count but large enough and of high resolution to be viewed easily on the small screen of the mobile. Image optimization is a must as otherwise large images with high resolution would make your website slow to load and hamper user experience.
When dealing with web designs for mobile devices, the deployment of buttons has to be done in a way so that no two buttons are very close to each other, and they are large enough to receive input from the thumb of a man. A small sized button would create unnecessarily create hassle for the user as he would find it difficult to use his fingers to press it. Remember, the fashion of using a stylus has found its place in the pages of history now.
Ease of navigation to enhance the experience
Last but not the least rule the web design Sydney based firms should adhere to is to make the navigation on the website pretty simple. It is a better choice to add a user-friendly search box and let the user find his way out to the required product or piece of information rather than making him fiddle with the mobile device for longer duration trying to get to the desired product. Multiple layers of navigation will not only tend to slow down the website but will also irritate the user as he would not want to use his fingers for long to find the required information that has brought him to the website.
The rate of mobile users accessing the Internet has been on the higher side over the last few years, and it would keep on rising in the coming few years. The success of any web design would depend on how effectively it can adapt itself with the changing platforms. Following the rules will set up a good stage for the web design companies to make websites that would be equally popular even on the mobile devices.
