Web VS. Print Design

(Collected from a bunch of websites)

If you’re used to print FORGET what you know

The Difference between web and print design:

Dimensionality

Print design is 2-dimensional
Web design is 1-dimensional and N-dimensional.

Navigation

In print:

it’s just a matter of turning pages

In web:
Hypertext navigation is a major component of web design, requiring decisions like:

• Appearance of links
• Making it easy for user to move around the site(telling them how to get somewhere and wher e a link will take them)
• Visualization of the user's location
• IA- Information Architecture

Response Time, Resolution, and Canvas Size

In Print:

• Doesn’t need to be fast. It’s on paper (duh)
• Pictures need to be in extremely high resoloution.
• Has to be large enough for people to see without straining themselves.

In Web:

• Bandwidth fast enough to download a Web page
• screen resolution sharp enough to render type crisply
• huge screens the size of a newspaper spread

Multimedia Interactivity

Print:
can stun the reader with high-impact visualization

Web:
Allows interactivity, which makes it more engaging for the users.