Product page: what users want to see

Katia DickensonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jun 21 The goal of any eCommerce website is sales, and an effective product page is a must in achieving that goal. While all products are very different, from physical items to various software programs and apps, there are patterns in the way users expect and want to see information about the product.… Continue reading Product page: what users want to see

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“The UI commute”: the actual reason why screens are burning you out

We like to think of ourselves as productive and effective. We spend 8 hours a day working. Yes, this time might be interrupted with lunch and coffee breaks, but we are still largely working using our computers and we justify the salary we bring back home. Now, what if you did an experiment and observe… Continue reading “The UI commute”: the actual reason why screens are burning you out

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Dropbox revamp, Figma plugins, scary Deepfakes — and more UX this week

[unable to retrieve full-text content] A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective. 10 memorable non-design films that have inspired me → Movies I have watched or re-watched recently, and key learnings from each. Sometimes the best design inspiration comes from unexpected places. Food for thought The new… Continue reading Dropbox revamp, Figma plugins, scary Deepfakes — and more UX this week

Maybe your voice assistant needn’t do it all

Voice interfaces have finally made the jump from science fictions to the realm of current technological possibilities. And it’s currently seeing a huge mass-market adoption. From the perspective of User Experience (UX) design, this is an opportunity to apply the principles of the user-centered design to shape the young technical capability. And we designers are… Continue reading Maybe your voice assistant needn’t do it all

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Design principles are dead

I hate design principles. Sure, they can be memorable like an equation (“Less is more”¹) or incisive as an oracle’s words (“Form follows function”²), but sometimes they just sound like tautologies (“Good design is innovative”³) that won’t help gauge design decisions. The more obscure, the more they are misused as an alibi to hide behind,… Continue reading Design principles are dead

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Starting in UX after 40

After more than 20 years of being at the margins of every single design trend, I found myself face to face with UX. Surprisingly, all the inadequacy that I thought I would experience soon faded away as I realized that precisely because of my age and my personal history, and for the first time in… Continue reading Starting in UX after 40

Good UX designs require three things to achieve

What makes good experience? Three concepts from Don’s principles of interaction help to define good experience: Affordance Feedback System images To understand why and how they are important we will start from the concept of experience in Peircean Semiotics. Experience is the total content of appearances of an object from user’s first-person point of views.… Continue reading Good UX designs require three things to achieve

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A Medium feature to create readlists just like playlists in Spotify & Youtube — a UX concept

A little Background Story I just can’t remember a single instance where a websites full of articles and news have not asked me to choose you favorites topics or interested areas. Of course, it is right to ask that question because you are not on the website to read everything, you are there to read… Continue reading A Medium feature to create readlists just like playlists in Spotify & Youtube — a UX concept

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5 ways to make web forms accessible

Amber DudleyBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing May 18 There are many websites and applications that I use frequently with a few being favorites of mine — Instagram, Youtube, and Amazon. When attempting to create an account on websites, we face the inevitable task of completing a sign up form. The ability to understand and effectively complete a web form is often… Continue reading 5 ways to make web forms accessible

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One year later, a UX Researcher

I. Choice Reflects Value In 2014, the philosopher Ruth Chang gave a TED talk on “How to Make Hard Choices.” In it, she defines that “hard choices” are the ones where two commensurate options are desirable in different ways, but neither is more desirable than the other, overall. She gives the examples of deciding whether to… Continue reading One year later, a UX Researcher

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Building the case for your 1st qualitative study — from proposal to presentation

Reflecting on my latest research hurdle and success! Sharing my experience driving this study from proposal to presentation, steps to execution, and the impact made on the business. Context It was over a year ago when the team shipped a rebranded and redesigned digital experience for a baby product. Results from that led to increased… Continue reading Building the case for your 1st qualitative study — from proposal to presentation

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Designing towards live parking map — a UX case study

Florent LenormandBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Mar 15 Background Context Parking is a huge problem in major cities. Drivers spend an average of 17 hours a year searching for parking spots. The hunt adds up to an estimated $345 per driver in wasted time, fuel, and emissions. SpotAngels is a community-based app that helps drivers find parking thanks to… Continue reading Designing towards live parking map — a UX case study

How to fix the real problem of the App Store — a UX case study

Kostja PaschalidisBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jun 21, 2018 Last year Apple redesigned their App Store app. The app is focused on curating featured apps and beautifully presenting them. Apple aimed to bring back the joy of finding new apps and build the new window display of the apple app ecosystem. The new app looked gorgeous, and at the… Continue reading How to fix the real problem of the App Store — a UX case study

Accessibility and user needs in Design — a UX case study

Kseniya KenkeremathBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 29 Background: This case study pertains to a joint project completed with Nicole Warden Le for DC-area startup Loro. Loro is currently in the process of bringing to market a companion robot featuring a 360-degree camera and accompanying app designed specifically for wheelchair users. The objective of the project was to redesign… Continue reading Accessibility and user needs in Design — a UX case study

Clients, constraints, and communication — a UX case study

Libby PorterBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 27 Some people think design is just about flashy colors and sleek animations. And while it is delightful to scroll through the pages of Dribbble, real design is messy. It is a process. Real design recognizes constraints, asks tough questions, forces you to make tradeoffs… but ultimately, it solves a problem and… Continue reading Clients, constraints, and communication — a UX case study

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Design after technology? Technology after design?

John Maeda said in an interview; […] When technology is the thing you want, you don’t need design because you want better technology.When the technology matures, you don’t buy it just based on technology. In that case, the design comes into the foreground.d. These lines have been etched in my brain, and come back from… Continue reading Design after technology? Technology after design?

Connecting with mentors in UX

I know from my early endeavors in finding mentorship that it can be intimidating to reach out to people who may be older, more experienced, and more established in their careers — especially if you’re trying to get started in a new field. It’s also rare to find someone who will spare time to mentor a stranger.… Continue reading Connecting with mentors in UX

My take on language selectors

Zsolt SzilvaiBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 16 In the past couple of years, I was fortunate enough to work on many interesting products, some of which had to be designed in multiple languages. Recently, I’ve bumped into some new issues with language selectors that I found quite exciting to take a closer look at. So, I decided to… Continue reading My take on language selectors