In my previous post I wrote about 3 differences between web and print media and to continue with the topic let’s look at what makes the actual designing for web different.

For us creatives design is a very natural thing, all it usually takes is to let creative juices flow and a great artwork is on the way. It is no different with web although I can see many designers having a problem with accepting certain limitations of a design material they can use.

When it comes to print there are no borders with techniques and design devices we can use, starting with fonts, colors to paper sizes and print techniques, overprints and many more. And in spite of how helpful those things are in our work they are also the ones that are limited when it comes to designing for web.

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It has been nearly a decade since I started my affair with web. I knew nothing about it then to be honest. I was a graphic designer and not a really good one but each day I would try to write some code (and for a long time I failed every day) or try to understand how to design for web.

Each day I would read about it and tried to analyze websites in order to find a sense behind the way they were made. Each day was a struggle with having to change the way I viewed design and the way I thought of project development.

And looking at those times now I start to think that if only someone had told me the simple truth that if something works great with print it is likely to be lousy on web my life would be much much easier.
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