#ux (239 links)
Gut feeling is good but data-driven UX design is better. Still, the collectible data can be overwhelming, and the product teams might be working toward…
- Captchas Suck - Axess Lab axesslab.com
Introducing the evil Nobody likes captchas. They are at best an irritating, conversion-killing step users need to get past. At worst, they can be a complete…
A Bone to Pick with Skeleton Screens , Senior User Experience Designer , and User Experience Designer Article Categories: #Design & Content , #User Experience ,…
Sometimes we make links look like buttons. Sometimes we make buttons look like links. This is unfortunate. Maybe there is something we can do about this. Let’s…
“It needs more ‘pop’.” Can I tell you how many times I’ve heard that phrase? It’s the sad reaction to a design that could lack proper emphasis. My reaction is…
- Accordions on Mobile nngroup.com
An accordion is a design element that expands in place to expose some hidden information . Unlike overlays, accordions push the page content down instead of…
- Your UX Team Needs a Design Technologist. Here’s Why. blog.prototypr.io
As someone who has led UX teams at tech companies large and small, I’ve found working with design technologists to be highly impactful. However, there’s often…
Here is one of form validation error messages that made me laugh aloud : “invalid last name. Please enter a valid last name”. The form (or the souls that coded…
- Disabled buttons suck - Axess Lab axesslab.com
Why I got pissed and decided to write this A couple of weeks ago I got this comment at an event: I really have to go now, but add me on Facebook and we can…
- Tooltips & Toggletips inclusive-components.design
Tooltips — affectionately misnomered as "tootlips" by my friend Steve — are a precariously longstanding interface pattern. Literally "tips for tools", they are…
Using dropdown menus in forms might seem a no-brainer : they don’t take much space on the UI, they automatically validate the input, all browsers and platforms…
We’re huge fans of design sprints, as popularised by Google Ventures. Andy Budd Today We’ve been running our own variation of design sprints—dubbed Springboard…
- Designing The Perfect Date And Time Picker – Smashing Magazine smashingmagazine.com
What could be so difficult about designing a decent date picker ? Basically, we just need an input field and an icon that represents a calendar clearly enough,…
- Yours or mine? Personal pronouns in UI design - FutureLearn about.futurelearn.com
Blog “Your courses” or “My courses”? Making personal pronouns consistent in the FutureLearn user interface Posted by Alla Kholmatova 10 Dec 2015 If you’ve…
- Sticky headers (#1/3) remysharp.com
I have mixed feelings about sticky headers on web pages, but it annoys me more when the implementation causes scroll jank or contributes to it. The coding…
- Designing Efficient Web Forms: On Structure, Inputs, Labels And Actions – Smashing Magazine blogs.adobe.com
Someone who uses your app or website has a particular goal. Often, the one thing standing between the user and their goal is a form. Forms remain one of the…
Guy Ligertwood UX Designer. Writer. Ex-Entrepreneur. Dad to Inty & Luna. Husband to Sandrita. Scotsman with an English accent. Living in Australia 😜 Jun 4 Notes…
- Design in the Era of the Algorithm | Big Medium bigmedium.com
This is the prose version of a talk I gave in May 2017 at Pixel Up! in Capetown and at An Event Apart in Boston. It riffs on ideas I first explored in my…
- No to NoUI – Timo Arnall elasticspace.com
‘ The best design is invisible ‘ is the interaction design phrase of the moment. The images above are from my ever-expanding collection of quotes about how…
Did you know? Add content ratings to your videos so your grandma doesn’t encounter your Mature work by mistake. TM + © 2017 Vimeo, Inc. All rights reserved.…
- User Facing State | CSS-Tricks css-tricks.com
Let's talk about state . Communicating state to the user that is, not application stores state in JavaScript objects, or localStorage. We're going to be talking…
Floating labels are problematic After writing Placeholders are Problematic some people suggested the floating label. We are often seduced by novel patterns that…
- Voice, Tone & Content Guides voiceandtoneguides.webflow.io
Style A List Apart Style Guide Clarity first Voice & tone Adobe editorial voice Focus on real-world value rather than technical features Voice & tone BBC News…
- Mobile First, Desktop Worst – Prototyping: From UX to Front End blog.prototypr.io
Mobile First, Desktop Worst An op-ed from the front lines of product design at MetaLab . First, a disclaimer: the subject of this article is Mobile First in the…
- We’re building an autocomplete | Design notes designnotes.blog.gov.uk
We’re building an autocomplete. These are sometimes called typeaheads. They can help users answer questions, and help services get more consistent data. We’ve…
Features Pricing FAQ Learn About Blog LOG IN SIGN UP use a web-based software to Visualize customer experience Create professional personas, journey maps,…
Designing for the Appearance of Speed T he jury has spoken: performance, conversion, and brand engagement are inextricably connected. Amazon has shown that each…
- Inclusive - Microsoft Design microsoft.com
Inclusive Design at Microsoft It’s in our mission statement: empower every person on the planet to achieve more. Designing for inclusivity opens up our…
- Anyone Can Be a Content Strategist medium.com
Anyone Can Be a Content Strategist and other lies you’ll find on LinkedIn Lying Cat from Saga I got a message from a friend recently asking for help finding…
- Flags are not languages – A blog about designing global user experiences: beyond language, location & culture. flagsarenotlanguages.com
What if a user visiting an e-commerce site wants to change the language of the site? Or the currency? Thinking about currency, the main reason a user would…
- WTF, forms? wtfforms.com
Checkboxes and radios <label class= "control checkbox" > <input type= "checkbox" > <span class= "control-indicator" ></span> Check this custom checkbox </label>…
- The Problem With Interactive Graphics | Co.Design fastcodesign.com
In his talk, Baur notes that he got these numbers from talks given by Times graphic editors Gregor Aisch and Archie Tse (you can find Aisch’s talk here and…
Only 2 out of every 1000 mobile web users ever tap a custom share button—like even once—according to a Moovweb study . We found similarly tiny numbers during…
Benefits of design system and how to build it Bypass design system concept In my last article “ How to get a head start on design system ”, I talked about how…
- Carousel Usage Exploration On Mobile E-Commerce Websites smashingmagazine.com
- Form Validation UX in HTML and CSS | CSS-Tricks css-tricks.com
You can do and impressive amount of form validation with just HTML attributes. You can make the user experience pretty clean and clear with CSS selectors. But…
One of usability’s most hard-earned lessons is that you are not the user . This is why it’s a disaster to guess at the users’ needs. Since designers are so…
- Groundhog Day, or, the Problem with A/B Testing blog.codinghorror.com
On a recent airplane flight, I happened to catch the movie Groundhog Day . Again. If you aren't familiar with this classic film, the premise is simple: Bill…
Buttons shouldn’t have a hand cursor There is this belief that the hand cursor means “clickable”, but this is incorrect and potentially problematic. My hope is…
- Carousels Don’t Have to be Complicated - Media Temple mediatemple.net
Every time a carousel is mentioned in a blog post, it’s a requirement to mention that… say it with me now: You probably shouldn’t use a carousel. Jared Smith…
- Buttons in Design Systems — EightShapes LLC medium.com
I love buttons. I can do things with buttons. Take a next step. Make a commitment. Get things done. With buttons, interaction springs to life. That’s why…
- Redesigning Pinterest, block by block medium.com
When I was a kid growing up in Sweden, my room was filled with classic BRIO-designed wooden toys. I remember being fascinated with the simple designs, bright…
Design Better Forms Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them Whether it is a signup flow, a multi-view stepper, or a monotonous data entry interface,…
Writing Speaking Training Work With Me How fast should your UI animations be? May 5th, 2016 This is a question I get asked a lot at workshops and talks, and…
Summary: Even as more sites mimic swiping gestures and incorporate horizontal scrolling in desktop designs, users remain reluctant to move sideways through content.
by Luke Wroblewski August 25, 2014 In his presentation at the An Event Apart in Chicago IL, Jared Spool walked through the importance of content and user…
When lightboxes and overlays first appeared a few years ago, they provided an elegant solution to a tricky interaction-design challenge: how to convey important…
- Revisiting the Priority+ Pattern | Brad Frost bradfrost.com
In his article Obvious Always Wins , Luke Wroblewski warns of the dangers of sweeping links and actions under the rug. It’s challenging to find the room to…
The word mobile has come to mean many things. But when designing mobile software, we need some clarity. What kind of devices are we talking about?