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06/01/2009 | Filed under Magazine > Latest issue / Magazine > Back issues

.net 185 is on sale now! Discover tomorrow’s trends in web design: the ultimate ways to refresh your site in 2009

EDITORIAL INTRO FOR ISSUE 185

“Knowing what’s going to happen in the near future can put you ahead of the competition”

We love the future at .net magazine. But I’m not talking about the future where we’re all travelling round the streets on hoverboards, while the latest news is beamed directly into our brains (although when that does happen, we’ll probably be so excited that a little bit of wee will come out).

No, I’m talking about the near future. The future that you can sense, but that hasn’t quite manifested itself in reality yet. Knowing what’s going to happen in the near future can put you ahead of the curve, and ahead of the competition. And that’s why we’ve dedicated much of this issue’s content to what’s coming up in 2009.

From the new trends in web design to the future of search, we’ve got it covered. We’ve also got a cracking feature on designing for the Xbox with Flash, and we ask our panel of experts what they see as the main issues affecting the net this year. Enjoy the issue!

.net issue 185 is on sale now!

Future trends in web design Craig Grannell dusts off his crystal ball, plonks it in front of the industry’s finest and finds out what’s in store for web designers and developers in 2009	The future of search Search is evolving far beyond Google’s classic 10 blue links. Paul Douglas reveals how you can stay ahead of the curve
Interview with Opera’s Bruce Lawson Opera’s web evangelist Bruce Lawson forsees a future in which much of the world leapfrogs the desktop and jumps straight onto the mobile web, and standards are more important than ever. He tells Oliver Lindberg how we can create one web for all	Flash on the Xbox Paul Wyatt suggests a new arena in which to market your Flash skills
Build fixed footers Giving your site a fixed footer cuts through the online clutter and creates more fluid functionality. Adam Bankin shows you how, busting a few bugs along the way	Create an interactive map Show off all the places you’ve visited with an interactive Flash-enabled map. Designer Martin Dingley explains how to go about it