43 What Web Designers Think
What skills do you feel it’s important for a web designer to
know well?Do you plan your designs with web standards (W3C) and
accessibility (508, ARIAA) in mind?What features do your clients commonly request for their
website design?HTML & CSS
Photoshop and
graphic design
Web typography
UI or UX design
JavaScript
& JQuery
HTML5
CMS skinning
(WordPress, etc.)
Mobile design
PHP
Flash or other
rich media
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%14.4%39.5%41.5%51.7%58.1%64.1%64.6%66.5%86.3%92.6%Contact form
Content management system
(WordPress, etc.)
Multimedia (photo gallery,
video, etc.)
API integration (Twitter,
Facebook, etc.)
Blog or news feed
e-Commerce system
Static landing page
Mobile compatibility
Flash animation
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
15.2%20.9%28.8%34.7%45.3%47.1%71.5%75.4%76.0%2011 27.9% 34.5% 30.8% 6.8%
Yes, I plan for both.
Yes, but not consistently.
Only for web standards.
No, I don’t follow either standard.