William Cameron | Beyond the Keyboard

ECommerce is now a daily part of our on-line lives.  During 2016 we predict to see an increase in eCommerce and on-line sales across mobile devices while people move away from traditional desktop and laptop PC's. Some of these design trends include: 1. Material Design Now being adopted by eCommerce companies, the vibrant and content focused design style continues to make waves since its launch in 2014.  It's unified experience across platforms makes it a great for developing an engaging eCommerce.  This has been utilised very well by sites such as PA Design and Bewakoof . 2. Hidden Menus Popular for cleaning up cluttered eCommerce designs, these menus used to be used mainly on mobile versions of sites where space was limited, however are now making their way into desktop sites to allow a bigger canvas for more creativity.  These are in use on many desktop sites and should continue well into 2016, on sites such as House of Fraser . 3.  Upwardly Responsive Responsive

Just in case you haven't noticed.  Facebook are rolling out a new feature across their platform called Reactions. This appears to be off the back of the community requesting for a long time a Dislike button on posts.  It is clear to see however this is having mixed... well, reactions across the globe. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted: Today is our worldwide launch of Reactions -- the new Like button with more ways to express yourself. Not every moment you want to share is happy. Sometimes you want to share something sad or frustrating. Our community has been asking for a dislike button for years, but not because people want to tell friends they don't like their posts. People wanted to express empathy and make it comfortable to share a wider range of emotions. I've spent a lot of time thinking about the ri ght way to do this with our team. One of my goals was to make it as simple as pressing and holding the Like button. The result is Reactions, w