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Websites with dark mode and low light user experience have been a trend for the last couple of years. This trend will continue to dominate in 2021 as well. Dark modes look great even when the visitors are browsing it in daylight.
Furthermore, we will see more websites that exhibit an option to switch between the dark mode and light mode user interface. For now for some applications and websites user needs to visit the settings section and change the mode. The future would have in-built choices. Not just this you could fix when you want to use the dark mode and when the light mode needs to be switched on. If someone is visiting the site at night, he can switch to dark mode, the way some mobile apps offer this functionality. This feature will grow in 2021 to become appealing to the end-users.
A progressive web app is built to offer an app-like experience by making use of the latest web capabilities. Keeping in mind the mobile web users, progressive web apps are considered to be the next big trend that we will witness in 2021 and beyond. PWAs bring to you the best of mobile and web apps together in a package. To keep it simple, you can think of PWAs as a website that works more like a mobile app. Some of the good things about progressive web apps are that they are safe, responsive, re-engageable, linkable, independent of any connectivity, and offer a web experience more like an app.
One-page website designs are great for individuals, portfolios, freelancers, brochure websites, startups, and specific product sites. These websites consume very little space, bring in more traffic, and make it effortless for end-users to find the things without navigating to multiple pages.
Furthermore, the essential things can be kept in focus for website visitors. Such sites are also easier to create and manage, as there is only one webpage.
To offer a vivid and easier web experience, many entrepreneurs and freelancers are opting for single-page websites today. As the number of freelancers, startups, and individuals working on their own increases, there will be a higher number of such websites in 2021.
2021 web development trends are more about making things easier, more convenient and less hassle-free for the users. Easier the things for them, better the things for you.
Voice User Interface (UI) and voice commerce will be one of the fastest-growing web development trends 2021. This is because of the rise in the usage of smart speakers and voice recognition technology in devices like Amazon Alexa and similar devices built by Microsoft, Google, Apple, and other tech giants.
These speech recognition-powered devices have revolutionized the way people search on Google and other search engines today. Users now seek information with actionable words, rather than simple two-three word keywords. There are questions and orders from humans.
Additionally, nowadays, users prefer to do voice search rather than typing what they are looking for. They are looking to use eCommerce features as well with voice search, such as ordering things online.
Since the global smart speaker market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 23% year-over-year till 2025, the number of websites powered by voice UI will significantly increase.
Tech geeks have taken the phrase whatever you say to the next level. One of the latest web development technologies 2021 is NLP. Just pass on your orders and it is done.
The next two weeks will tell us a great deal about the direction of the Republican Party. While Wednesday's attempted coup caused some ardent Trump loyalists to break with the President, a depressing number of elected officials objected to the electoral outcome even after the day's violence. Eight senators and 139 members of the House, including Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, and Josh Hawley, stuck to the Trump party line. In doing so, they reaffirmed how much of the party has been enduringly coopted by conspiracy thinking.
The next year will illustrate that there is no easy way to stand-down these radical factions. Activity on right-wing social media platforms like Gab and Parler has demonstrated how truth-immune these individuals are: in Wednesday's aftermath, users alternatingly suggested that Antifa plants caused the day's violence (no) and that Ashli Babbitt's death was a "false flag" (also no).
Unencumbered by the constraints of office, Trump will feel free to embrace this group even more openly, fanning the flames of division through his inevitable toxic media empire. I fear that will lead to more violence masquerading as free-speech over the next twelve months and beyond.
In that respect, this period may come to resemble the "Years of Lead" that afflicted Europe (Italy in particular) from the 1960s to the 1980s, similarly incoherent and endurant. During those decades, radical right and left-wing groups undertook coordinated bombings, assassinations, and other attacks, with neo-fascists planning a coup in 1970 and again in 1974.
Data breaches are increasing on the digital platform and so the importance of cybersecurity will go nowhere. The demand for IT security will prevail till the time cyber-attacks, data breaches and hacking keeps threatening the online space of businesses. So in 2021 and beyond, web developers will be seen specializing in the field of IT security to tackle the issue.
"Quand c'est gratuit, vous êtes le produit". Ces 10 dernières années, cette formule s'est traduite par d'immenses scandales de fuite de données, allant jusqu'à ébranler nos démocraties avec l'affaire du Cambridge Analytica.
Mais le problème reste toujours le même : comment faire switcher les consommateurs quand les services les plus performants et facile à utiliser sont ceux sujets aux scandales ?
Deux chiffres : Google Chrome a 66% de parts de marché des navigateur et le moteur de recherches Google capte 93% des requêtes. Bref, même si on est conscient du problème de la confidentialité, il est toujours plus simple de rester sur Google.
Mais dans le même temps... les choses bougent : le moteur de recherche axé sur la vie privée DuckDuckgo est passé de 25M de requêtes par jour au 1er janvier 2019 à 63M/jour aujourd'hui. Même son de cloche chez Brave, un navigateur axé sur la protection des données personnelles et la gestion des publicités par l'utilisateur.
La croissance de ces nouveaux outils témoigne d'une prise de conscience réelle et du rejet de capitalisme de surveillance, du livre éponyme à succès de Shoshana Zuboff - un capitalisme qui exploite nos préférences personnelles à son profit.
Et avec le confinement, et notamment le bug mondial des services de Google il y a quelques jours, cela nous montre notre immense dépendance. Il va donc y avoir de nouvelles opportunités dans de nouveaux domaines comme :
Comme le dit Warren Buffet : "une réputation prend 20 ans à construire, 5 minutes à détruire. Si vous y pensez, vous agirez différemment".
Three-dimensional (3D) visuals and elements have always been something that pleases the visitors. To integrate 3D visualizations in web development was an expensive deal, which kept this trend on toes throughout the years. However, things have changed now. There are new technologies and development frames using which 3D elements can be added to sites at an affordable cost.
With time as virtual reality (VR) becomes a norm and cost-effective, more websites and blogs will get powered by realistic 3D visuals. Such elements lift the elements on the screen and create an enticing user experience. Let your customers enjoy the fascinating technology that is making its way in the mainstream. AR/VR has emerged as the new web technologies 2021 and is helping organizations build strong ground.
In 2021 and over the next few years, 3D visualizations will be one of the most trending things in the web development arena. Not only gaming sites but also business websites will be leveraging this trend.
Chatbots are actually a software program that has been built to process and simulate human conversations. The program has been developed to help users interact with apps, devices, and websites as needed. Chatbots can be developed based on business needs. You can have a simple chatbot developed to answer a simple question or have a complex one developed to offer personalized answers to user queries.
Chatbots make use of natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to deliver responses to requests. Businesses get to save money as well as boost operational efficiency by choosing chatbots. Chatbots are capable to answer as many customer queries that come their way and this reduces the need to hire customer service professionals for the business.
As per the report of Gartner, 15% of customer service interactions will be handled by artificial intelligence-based chatbots by 2021.
People love visiting websites that have highly-interactive and responsive web elements. These elements add a human touch and work like the heartbeat of the site.
While the interactive elements are difficult to implement and expensive, the advantages and ability to grab the user attention is worth it. As this trend emerges in 2021, we will see new tactics and automated web development processes to optimize the costs and development process.
A good example of a website with great interactive elements is Webflow. This site not only exhibits appealing elements but also parallax effects to engage the visitor and make the content look attractive.
As the world is moving to mobile phones for assistance in almost every task, this is a great idea to focus on. Build a website that doesn’t lose its aesthetic value over the phone or another device. As many platforms you are accessible from wider your reach.