Not to be overlooked page design details "Align"

To align with this most basic principle, we have been in touch since we can remember. Chinese people pay attention to the symmetry of art, in our life everywhere, which also determines our web page must follow a principle is one by one alignment. So, what do we fancy about the seemingly simple question of one by one alignment? We will discuss it one by one.

As an efficient design principle, alignment can help us make a clear decision about how elements are laid out in a page. Using the layout on the strategic level, you can design more powerful and appealing works; with grid systems, you can provide the standard guidance for the positioning of each element. Without an alignment strategy, we would arbitrarily place elements that would have little or no connection to other similar elements. Without alignment, the look and feel of the site will become messy.

The alignment strategy goes well beyond alignment, floating properties, and text and picture alignment, and it also includes other factors, such as user interaction, information architecture, grids, and the organization of web design elements.

How do you make decisions about alignment in web design?

The most important considerations include the analysis of typical user interaction methods, such as eye-tracking testing. A number of studies have been carried out on how the user browses the web, including how the eye browses the page, what scan path is from the beginning to the end, and how the user decides where to jump and where to click Next. Charles O ' Connell's discussion at usability.gov (Figure 1) describes the implications of eye-tracking testing. As can be seen from these studies, one of its main points is that most users scan page content along the "F" shape's "hotspot map". Starting at the top (as headlines tend to be more eye-catching than images), scanning only a few words, scanning the left side of the page and looking for more attractive content, and making clicks within seconds.

How, can't see a pair of Qi this kind of technology still has a lot of exquisite. In fact, everything has to pay attention, but we do more, ignore more, will lose so many details. One by one alignment of this small detail to do, I believe we can do a lot of things, but also to build a more sincere website!