Why Web Design Has Gotten So Complicated
Why Web Design Has Gotten So Complicated What’s the right way to design a website? If you were asking this question back in 2002, you’d probably hear a short list of best practices focused on user experience , but there would still be a lot of flexibility. Webmasters didn’t pay much attention to the aesthetics of their webpages — in fact, they were usually just happy to have something accessible online. And if they wanted to make a change they just did it without consideration, research, or hesitation. Today, web design is much more complicated — at least, in some ways. It’s true that web design and development is easier and more accessible than ever; for example, it’s possible for anyone, even someone with zero web design experience, to use a WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor to create a website in line with their aesthetic expectations. If you want to make a change, you can drag and drop an element or type something new and commit that change in a matter of seconds...
