Category Archives: Web design

The new web trends 2018: Dare creativity

As everyone knows, the digital world is constantly evolving from year to year, and 2018 is no exception, far from it! Take advantage of the latest innovations and web trends to bring it up to date. Here’s what will mark 2018 in web design.

1. Animation and interactivity

As we all know, customer experience is becoming increasingly important and redefines sales standards and marketing strategies. Today, it’s no longer enough to praise the quality of your products and services to attract customers. It is now necessary to know how to capture the interest, and I would even say the imagination of customers, to offer them multi-sensory experiences that will captivate them.

This new desire on the part of customers to take part in personalized experiences has been heard by web designers and that is why the animation and interactivity of websites are at the center of their strategy.

Changing colors, shapes, position and even photos: everything is possible. Everything is done to offer customers and Internet users an artistic experience that will charm them.

One of the innovations that will likely resonate with many people is without a doubt the Parallax effect. The latter has the particularity of creating an effect of depth to the different pages of your site. But if you want to stay simple then bet on graphic effects and trends.

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3D in your web pages

How to put interactive 3D images on a web page? What technical solutions for them to be visible by a maximum of Internet users, in other words supported by a wide range of browsers? How to implement them?

Several solutions exist, but none has yet emerged: technologies, equipment and standards are constantly changing in this area, so the choices are not obvious. To schematize, there are solutions that have proven themselves but which do not seem to have a future (Flash 3D, Java3D) and promising solutions based on standards but which are not yet universally supported (WebGL, CSS3 3D).

Flash 3D: proprietary solution (Adobe), user side requires the Flash plug-in, design side a good knowledge of ActionScript or go through a dedicated 3D Flash engine (Away3D, CopperCube …).

Java3D: open-source solution, Java API (not included in the JDK), user side requires the Java virtual machine, design side some knowledge of 3D programming or go through software like WireFusion.

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Top 4 graphical trends for 2018

We have decided to make a Graphical Trend forecasts for 2018 and we’ll see how it works out. To be certain to recommend the most meaningful trends, we asked for the opinion of experts, whether they come from digital, design or communication. Between algorithms, VR, vibrant colors, authenticity and refusal of design, the year promises to be exciting!

1. The return of the reasons

According to experts the patterns – or patterns for English speakers – “are experiencing a revival in all forms: from classical dress to the setting in motion. This is indeed gaining in popularity and can be noticed on many new websites designs.

2. Vibrant colors at Spotify

This is the trend of the year, which the majority of interviewees spontaneously cited. A reference that set the tone: Spotify, and its new identity … dating yet from 2015 we might see more and more vibrant colors coming to website as the year passes by.

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Web Design Mauritius in 2017

Web design is halfway between form and functionality. It is therefore logical that new trends are largely influenced by technology, be it devices, operating systems, browsers or program libraries available on the market. But the recent aspirations of today’s graphic designers go even further, they also influence the very principles and philosophies of design. Recent years have been marked by unprecedented technological advances, including:

The democratization of mobile phones

The appearance of integrated dynamic 3D interface (via WebGL) The adoption of HTML5, CSS3 and the rise of JavaScript frameworks. As well as the increase of the speed of internet download (on computer as on mobile).

Together, these technological advances have created a real turning point in the history of web design, particularly with the emergence of adaptive sites (“responsive” in English) and more generally, mobile oriented designs.

In terms of aesthetics, we cannot ignore the supreme reign of flat design, three years ago. Then it was Google’s turn to introduce Material Design to push us further towards abstract design. In 2017, we have seen that the trends bring us a little closer to reality: 2017 has been the year of hybrids, in forms as well as in colors or functionality, where technology and reality come together to create experience so far unequaled.

Without further ado, here are the 3 trends that we believe have wreaked havoc this year:

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Web Design Mauritius: 2017 on the Web!

Web design remains one field that is always evolving. Meaning that you always have to upgrade your site to fit the current generation of features. This year began loudly on the web design side of things – three dominant features are ruling new designs and this is what our article is all about. Here are the three trends to keep an eye on this year and to maybe add on to your website to be on the trendy side of things.

A video to replace images

The display of large-format video clips to replace banner images is a good way to boost a website. Increasing the speed of web connections allows us to integrate more and more media items in better resolution. The html5 video tags allow us to easily integrate them and ensure a good cross-browser compatibility. The only barrier to this trend: Apple mobile devices do not support automatic video playback to preserve battery life.

“Landing pages”

One very common feature being used nowadays remains the Landing Page. Landing pages allow several companies with a smaller budget to maintain a high-quality presence on the Web. They also allow a company that already has a web presence to launch a targeted campaign or online offensive and increase the conversion of visits – thus not only increasing their visibility but also increasing their gain in clients.

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WEB DESIGN: Edge the new browser from Microsoft!

Edge is the new Microsoft browser (code name: Spartan). It will be released with Windows 10 whose launch is announced for July 29. The publisher has Edge as a new generation of browser, powerful, innovative, and especially designed for the modern web. It is already possible to test it in beta by downloading the Windows 10 desktop Preview, or Windows 10 beta Mobile (designed for smartphones and tablets). Edge will not replace Microsoft Internet Explorer completely, but will be offered as an alternative to it. It will be integrated with Windows 10 alongside IE that will remain present in the desktop version of the OS.

A browser that is more efficient than Chrome and Firefox

Microsoft insists on the optimization work conducted around the motor of its browser. Objective: To accelerate the implementation of websites, including improved JavaScript JIT compiler Chakra. According to the publisher, the optimization allow Edge to go well beyond the JavaScript execution performance of Chrome and Firefox. In support of its analysis, it highlights the results recorded by the browser during the Jet Stream tests (developed by Apple) and Octane 2.0 (proposed by Google).

The results of the Jet Stream test states that Microsoft Edge runs web applications 1.6 times faster than Internet Explorer 11. According Octane test, it would even be 2 times more efficient in this exercise as its predecessor. Both comparisons were made with a variation of browsers on an HP machine (equipped with Windows 10) with 12 GB of RAM and a next generation processor (Intel Core i7 860 CPU clocked at 2.80GHz).

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Why Web companies is the best web agency of the Indian Ocean?

An unseen confident look never before. Patrick Arnaldi talks about his 20 years at the head of Web companies, the best web agency of the whole Indian Ocean if not the only web agency. Quality Service – Only one keyword for him. To have resisted so long on the web market has not been an easy task. Patrick talks about his experience with fluidity and seems to master every side of the business with acute precision. His love for the job can be seen from his eyes.

Web-companies is the only web agency in the Indian Ocean which seem to still resist.

How did Web Companies evolve?

As a true pioneer of web-based development in Mauritius in 1995, WEB Ltd has evolved into a regional ICT company. Now the recognized leader in web services, WEB Companies Group is a leading independent integrator of medium and large customer accounts in the Indian Ocean.

WEB Companies can now emerge as a global supplier to leading companies through its structure of complementary services.

The constant evolution of existing technologies and the emergence of new technologies make increasingly more complex information systems and require constant change. All services are designed to provide long-term business benefits to our through the use of the Internet.

Web-companies is now represented in more than 3 countries including Mauritius, the Seychelles, Réunion Island and newly set up branch in Vietnam.

What factors has played a crucial role in the development of web-companies as the most flourishing web agency of the Indian Ocean?

It began its operation in Mauritius in the year 1997 and was the only web-agency to operate in the Island. Being the first counseling and internet agency of both Mauritius and its sister island- Reunion.

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Why should companies invest in SEO?

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Nowadays, most companies know the wisdom behind investing into developing solid, SEO optimized web infrastructure that is search-engine friendly in order to successfully compete online. Having a solid and well-thought of SEO strategy is all but a necessity.

Given the engines’ continued improvement of their algorithm systems over time, companies have no other choices left than to invest into SEO to compete online.

In this jungle of investors and competitors, having the best product or services does not mean anything without visibility. In order to prove yourself, you have to be visible to the world. If a company does not invest into SEO, how will the world know what they have to offer?

Master planned SEO campaigns are the success factor for billion dollars companies. How a product or service went from an unknown status to a world known buzz can all be due to SEO.

“Search Engine Optimization is the advertising of the 21^st century.”

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Search Engine Optimization: How to?

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What is Search Engine Optimization?

Basically, Search Engine Optimization or simply SEO is all about helping websites rank higher on the organic (or “natural) search results of search engines.

The higher the site ranks, the more visitors and hence the more customers you will get!

Search Engine optimization is the art of building a website in such a way so as to please both the customer and the search engine.

Why do we need Search Engine Optimization?

We live in an internet era in which consumers can tune through the surfeit of information. As matter of fact, 92% internet users use search engines on which a stunning amount of 100 Billion web searches are being carried out every month and 78 % buyers use search engines before buying their products.

Being visible on the internet will have no other effects than increasing your sales and hence your revenues.

Having good content, information, architecture, content management system and website infrastructure are ways of generating traffic on your website.

This is what exactly Search Engine Optimization is about.

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Google Glass: What you need to know.

What is Google Glass?

Google glass is a wearable technology with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). That revolutionary smart eyewear looks like its buzzing many people around until they experience the awfully nice sensation of wearing it.

It displays information just like conventional Smartphone does but in a hands-free holographic format via a small prism found on the frame. Unlike casual Smartphone information is input through voice commands instead of the traditional input methods (Touch screen or keys).

How does Google Glass work?

Google Glass interface uses voice commands as well as an integrated button which facilitates the execution of certain commands. The message “Ok glass” is the most common one you see, it activates as you tilt your head up or tap the side.

Components inside google Glass

The device runs on Android 4.4.2, has an OMAP 4430 SoC, dual-core CPU with 1GB of RAM and a total storage capacity of 16GB out of which only 12GB are usable.

Google glass also comes fitted with an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, an ambient light sensor, and a proximity sensor.

Google offers a companion Android and iOS app called MyGlass, which allows the user to configure and manage the device.

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