·         The overall ease and fluidity of navigating the site
 
 

·         The ability to read the sites content without resistance from the design or color scheme
 
 

·         The new “premium typography” inspired by the Post and Courier’s award-winning print design. 

 

·         Enhanced the readers’ ability to navigate the site and sift through the content. Ironically, the new design was implemented to prevent the readers from having to sift. 

 

·         If the reader decides to switch from the homepage to something that peaks their interest, that will be just as effortless. 

-There is such a thing as too much for the user to take in at one time, essentially overkill and a waste of the designer’s and the user’s time. 

-Logos are reverting back to simple typography, because they’re easier to read/understand and the subtlety stands out more. If a simple font just isn’t appealing, an animation can be added to draw attention to the logo without ruining the basic design. 

-Homepages are gradually disappearing, seeing as the content they contain is usually just repeated on the pages they represent. Going with the increasing mobile popularity, a home page wastes data as it is usually skipped by the user, who just wants to get to the page they’re looking for. 

-Voice searching is becoming more and more popular thanks to Alexa and Siri, but basic websites aren’t going to start using it anytime soon; sticking with a basic search bar if needed. 

 

·         In 2016 Charter requires approval from state of NY (State Public Service Commission) for merge/purchase Time Warner Cable 

·         Commission approved under conditions: Charter must 

o   Extend its network 145k unserved/underserved housing and business units within 4 years 

o   Meet deadlines along the way, 36k houses  by first year 

o   Speed requirements 

·         Multiple deadlines have been missed 

·         18k houses were rural enough 

·         $1 million fine on first deadline, $2 million fine on 2nd 

·         Aug 3-  Commission revokes approval and 

·         Charter can longer operate in NY 

·         60 days to present a transition plan 

·         They must sell their infrastructure 

·         CEO says there will be a long legal battle 

·         Claims the conditions were politically motivated due to election season in 2016 

·         Most likely going to be arguing over whether some houses counted towards total or not 

·         There are many different types of fixed navigation menus there are vertical and horizontal. 

·         Having different drops, and depth to the navigation bar lets it be cleaner on the webpage and it lets people know that either the bar will be staying at the top of the page or, it will be moving with you every time you move up and down the page. 

·         Now what the scrolling bar animations do is that if you load onto a webpage and you see the webpages logo or the business logo and you scroll down to where you can’t see it anymore you can have an animation to where the logo moves onto the tool bar so it is always noticeable. 

·         Now they even have auto sizing toolbars to make sure a toolbar is never too big or too small because the toolbar automatically adjusts to the screen you are using to access the website. 

·         Even though some of these are the new trends in the web design industry for fixed navigation does not mean that it will be like the same trends on every page.