Web design ideas that were once not under consideration because of slow page load times are now web trends because increased bandwidth and data compression means users won’t bounce from your site because of a dragging load time.
Here are two examples.
The trend to using more streamlined and minimal designs allow typefaces to be more dramatic – and perhaps less recognizable or complex. We don’t think of typefaces as bandwidth hogs, but it really is the lighter design trend that allows for those typefaces.
Another trend that relies on better bandwidth is using background videos and animations. Of course, they can also be a distraction if used poorly. Moderation is key here.
This would seem a quite natural design element for a video or film company.
A lighter animation is a hover animation. Most users intuitively hover their cursor or finger over items, especially if they want more information.
And on this lightly animated home page for Spotify , we see the web trend of using carousels.
This simple but extensive use of video backgrounds comes from a company with a very simple URL http://y.co/, a luxury yacht company with large video footage as its background.
Kenneth Ronkowitz 