Single-Page and Multi-page UI Design tips

When the desire to be trendy overpowers the need to fulfill user goals, your design is in serious trouble.

Let’s dissect single page vs. multi-page web UI design so you can make the best design decision. You can write CSS once and then reuse the same sheet in multiple HTML pages. You can define a style for each HTML element and apply it to as many Web pages as you want.

If you are using CSS, you do not need to write HTML tag attributes every time. Just write one CSS rule of a tag and apply it to all the occurrences of that tag. So less code means faster download times. To make a global change, simply change the style, and all elements in all the web pages will be updated automatically.

So is it harder to design a compelling UI and UX for single-page sites or more complex sites? Both — or neither?