Going mobile is one of the most popular web design trend today. However, there are web designer and web owners that still commit mistakes on the process of mobile design. Here are some of the commonly committed ones:
- Neglecting the width of the device. Of course, the screen of various mobile devices have varying widths and sizes. This is one thing you should consider when creating mobile web design. When you fail to do this, your content will not be able displayed the right way when the user makes use of a mobile device that has varying width. As a result, they will be leaving your site. When creating a mobile web design, it is highly advised that the designs will be able to adapt to whatever size of screen they are being viewed by.
- Slower Loading Time. Since a picture portrays a thousand words, then a lot of web designers today have created websites with lots of images. Although this will look good in the computer screen, a mobile is another story. Most of these images take too long to load on a mobile device. As a result, most visitors gets bored and end up going to another site. Lucky for you, you can easily adapt the look and feel of your website without the slow loading time. In order to do this, seek the help if a graphic design company.
- Endless filling of forms. For a desktop, it can be quite easy to generate leads with the use of forms. Sadly, this is not the same with a mobile site. When they try to fill forms using their mobile devices, they can get bored and tired. Plus, they will also be unsure of how secured their details are. This is why it is best to provide simple and secure forms on both mobile and desktop devices.
- Functionality Failure. When you use desktop devices, a mouse pointer is available to click on icons while you use your finger to maneuver a mobile device browser. With that in mind, it is best that you take into consideration the difference in sizes of the two. When you design a site for mobile device, you must ensure that there is adequate space between the icons. Plus, you must create an icon that is large enough to be seen without zooming in or out.
The best way to ensure that your mobile web design is properly done, try to take a look at your website using a tablet or any mobile device from time to time. This will help you to determine whether the site is already mobile ready or not.
These are just some common mistakes most web designer make in designing a mobile site. However, the biggest mistake that a website owner is not going mobile at all. When you fail to take this great opportunity, you will definitely lose potential traffic.
