Are HTML5 and CSS3 the future of web design?
January 11th, 2012 by Tweet
The most popular buzz in web designing and development is that of HTML5 and CSS3. Or if I say that they are shaping the future of web then I am sure there are many people out there who will agree with me. Their promise of new features and functionality is enticing to developers and end users alike.
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets is used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language. It has transformed the way web page used to get designed. CSS not only helps you make really good and attractive web pages but also forms. Using CSS, you do not need to design everything from the scratch. CSS is the most vital part of modern standard of web design. As already mentioned it makes your web page striking and will definitely get you more traffic than ever before.
Where as HTML5: Hyper text mark up language has opened new horizons for developers and designers. It has left Flash miles behind. It has revolutionized the way web designers used to design. HTML5 has all those capabilities of designing which were things of fantasy in past. HTML5 is being supported by all those websites who are working to increase their standards. The induction of features like rounded corners and multi columns have made HTML5 a lot better.
As 2011 just ended and 2012 has started everybody ahs started to look at the new trends of web designing and development. However, in this article we have discussed how HTML5 and CSS3 are shaping the future of web designing.
CSS3 FEATURES
Box shadow (css3): Box shadow is an extremely handy property of CSS3. Using this property you need not to use several images and diversions (depending upon the complexity of your design). The box shadow property of CSS3 itself allows you to use shadow and also provides multiple options to control its appearance. All the latest versions of browsers such as Safari, Chrome, Firefox etc support this property.
Border Radius (CSS3): The most popular design elements in web design are the use of rounded corners on layout elements. This again requires numerous images depending on the complexity of the graphics. By using Border Radius property, you can easily create rounded corners using only CSS and a single element without the need for any images. Its Color Chooser controlled templates also helps provide us even more design possibilities.
Transition: creating animation and transition is the most exciting feature of CSS3. Using this transition property you can create simple animation which was not possible prior without JavaScript, resulting in slower performance is used frequently.
HTML5 FEATURES
Sophisticated Way of Visualizing Data: To visualize or properly demonstrate large data or information on your website in the most creative or understand able way you need to use HTML5. Thus by using HTML5 graphing or charting solutions you can easily visualize your data properly.
HTML5 based frameworks: HTML5 helps you build a framework which actually works. Frameworks help us make our work easier. It gives solid foundation in building or focusing your web designing project. It also saves you from repetitive work.
Unquoted HTML5 text: HTML5 is not XHTML; here you need not to wrap attributes in quotation which you do not want to. Using HTML5 you do not have to close your elements.
Common CSS3 and HTML5 FEATURE
Create stylish forms: Html5 and CSS3 help you make really good and attractive forms. Prior to these (Html5 and CSS3) the forms found on the web were very boring and were not able to attract a lot of visitors. Attractive or user-friendly forms can divert a lot of attention to itself. As a result a huge traffic is diverted to your website. While designing a good form on HTML5 and CSS3, following 4 points should be kept in mind: Semantic, Accessibility, Functionality, and Design.
If the above mentioned 4 points are kept in consideration while designing a HTML5 and CSS3 based form then we assure you that it will attract a lot of visitors.
Conclusion
These HTML5 and CSS3 are web techniques that guarantee a successful future of web designing and development. That is, if we say that HTML5 and CSS3 are future pioneers of web designing then I think it is not wrong… further you decide by commenting below!
Adnan is the Executive Manager of Web3Mantra which is a leading web design resources blog. Also, he manages Logo Design, a web design blog where they share their reviews over most successful logos of all time.
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HTML5 is the way to go ahead in future…thats what i think
CSS3 really excites me, I can’t wait for more support!
That’s correct, I agree Johny!
Thank you both for commenting, much appreciated friends.
THANKS! You guys do a great , and have some great ceontsts. Keep up the good work.
Great article! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Thanks! for sharing an awesome blog post with us. Please keep posting about web design related stuffs.
Nice blog
Nice! post Thanks! for sharing an awesome blog post with us. Please keep posting about web design related stuffs.