Sunday 21 February 2016

A Comparison between GUI Design and Web Design

Just a decade ago, user interfaces used to be easier and minimal in nature. They were imposed by a lot of limitations and challenges that might not be addressed then. With the passage of time, these limitations have been reduced. Now, some of the main limitations (comprising of internet speed and bandwidth) have become soft.

Let us go through how the GUI design and web design are different from each other:

Standard GUI components

Speaking about a desktop application, we instantly think about toolbars, menus, and other standard GUI components. Almost all the desktop applications have these aspects in them. But things change a bit when we look at the websites and web applications. In case of a Singapore web design, there is more liberty given to designers and hence, web design should be more diverse and non conventional in nature.

Early exit

Web design should be enticing! After all, a user may get tons of other options to the same functionality. Hence it becomes even more vital to keep the users glued to the website by offering an enticing design. In case of desktop application nonetheless, even the design is not that good, people generally stick to it and may try to call to support for assistance in getting things done.

User Experience

A desktop application is allowed to use more resources; hence they may have more heavy design aspects in respect to a web application and a website. Though high speed internet is now becoming more and more common yet various web users are unable to avail this amenity. Hence, a Singapore web design company should be more cautious about the use of resources just in case they want to make their website available to most of the users.

Internet users have less time to waste. That implies web designs should be easier and intuitive in nature. A user should know what he is doing and from where he came to access a specific page. Or he may use the website of the competitor. This is something different in desktop GUI ambience where users have the amenity to get trained by the vendor or there are many other choices available.

Unified Style

Desktop GUI design mainly depends on the underlying operating system and they try to go in line with the feel and look of the underlying operating system. The same is not true in case of Singapore web design. Web applications and websites are inspired to have more diversity in their look and style and theme.

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