Designing for dyslexia

Camryn Manker · Follow Published in UX Collective · 7 min read · Just now — Listen Share Photo by Rob Hobson on Unsplash 1 in 10 people have dyslexia. The world has about 7.8 billion people living it in, so there are around 780 million people who are dyslexic. In other words, there are… Continue reading Designing for dyslexia

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Design Risks: How to Assess, Mitigate, and Manage Them

It’s impossible to see into the future and anticipate every possible outcome of our design decisions. As a result, every major design decision comes with risks: risk that the design will be unfamiliar or hard to use or unpopular, risk that it will cost too much money, or risk that it will be abused or… Continue reading Design Risks: How to Assess, Mitigate, and Manage Them

Good UX is not enough without a proper communication plan

To make a design thrive, you should support it with strategies to make it even more robust and accepted. There should be a coexistence between a practical design that should be free of explanation (invisibility) and effective communication (notoriety) Like many designers, I’ve been practicing this mantra all my career: “Good design is invisible,” but… Continue reading Good UX is not enough without a proper communication plan

What is Adobe Firefly?

In the digital age, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized how designers can create and manipulate their designs. AI tools such as Adobe Firefly make it somewhat easier for designers to quickly generate visuals with minimal effort. This article will discuss what Adobe Firefly is, how to get Adobe Firefly, and how to… Continue reading What is Adobe Firefly?

Top 10 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress Website

Almost all businesses today usually have their own website to mark their online presence. While different businesses will have different types of websites and strategies in place to increase their sales, all of them would like a faster loading website. An optimized website is beneficial for a lot of reasons. The website owners save on… Continue reading Top 10 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress Website

15 Best New Fonts, May 2023

Every month we put together this roundup of the best new fonts we’ve found online in the previous four weeks. Enjoy! Publish Serif The Publish family consists of Publish Gothic, Public Sans, and Publish Serif. It was originally designed for the short-lived Danish newspaper ​“Dagen” and is now available publicly. It’s a versatile set of fonts… Continue reading 15 Best New Fonts, May 2023

WordPress Classic vs Gutenberg Editor

WordPress has been constantly changing and improving since its inception. The core team of developers keep adding new features while discarding obsolete ones to make sure that the platform keeps up with changing times. One such major change was the introduction of the Gutenberg Editor. In this post, we will compare the good old classic… Continue reading WordPress Classic vs Gutenberg Editor

The purpose of a system is how we shape it

We are not masters of our information, but we can be if we build information systems shaped like human consciousness. Why are our information systems places where ideas go to die? Why are they clogged with shallow, soulless filler? Why can so few of us, and fewer organizations, gain any level of mastery over our… Continue reading The purpose of a system is how we shape it

Accessible video game design

Accessible game design is beneficial to EVERYONE, this includes individuals with permanent or temporary disabilities, game developers, and the average player. Camryn Manker · Follow Published in UX Collective · 12 min read · 12 hours ago — 1 Listen Share Photo Credit: Microsoft Out of the billions of people who play video games worldwide,… Continue reading Accessible video game design

AR design: harnessing the magic, mitigating the danger

Between wonder and harm In a future where we spend significant chunks of our waking hours in augmented reality, our relationship with the world will change. Currently, we only interact with objects that exist at the physical layer of reality. However, in the future, objects from the virtual layer will be added to our immediate… Continue reading AR design: harnessing the magic, mitigating the danger

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Card sorting with visually impaired participants: how to overcome accessibility barriers

A guide to conducting card sorting with participants who are visually impaired. Photo by Author; generated using Stable Diffusion. Card Sorting is a UX research method used to understand how users categorize and organize information, which reflects how they expect information and content to be organized on a user interface. In this method, participants are… Continue reading Card sorting with visually impaired participants: how to overcome accessibility barriers

5 Best Free Dropdown Menu Plugins for WordPress

Need to extend the functionality of your WordPress dropdown menus? Not sure what the best dropdown menu plugins are? WordPress dropdown menu plugins help you organize your websites structure and give your website visitors a better user experience. WordPress dropdown menu plugins range from simple to more complex menus that offer countless new ways to… Continue reading 5 Best Free Dropdown Menu Plugins for WordPress