Key takeaways đź’ˇ In-person research allows UX designers to observe micro-gestures, facial expressions, and behaviors that remote methods might miss. 🔍 While face-to-face studies provide rich data, they require higher budgets, careful scheduling, and logistical planning. 🍯 Use in-person research for tasks requiring physical interaction, observing detailed non-verbal cues, or testing early prototypes. 🔦 Clear… Continue reading In-Person Research: Is It Worth the Effort?
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Testing Visual Design: A Comprehensive Guide
Summary: Use methods like 5-second testing, first-click testing, and preference testing to gain insights into how users perceive your visual design. Visual design is the first thing users notice when they encounter a digital product like a website or app. It plays a large role in capturing users’ attention, defining brand identity, and creating an… Continue reading Testing Visual Design: A Comprehensive Guide
The Biggest Challenges Practitioners Encounter Working in UX
Summary: We surveyed 126 practitioners, uncovering the biggest challenges in the UX field. Almost all responses originated from the same core problem: perception of UX. The Best — and Worst — Things About UX Earlier this year, we surveyed UX practitioners through our newsletter and LinkedIn channel. We asked respondents to reflect on their careers and answer… Continue reading The Biggest Challenges Practitioners Encounter Working in UX
The Rhetorical Triangle for Stakeholders: Make Your Point and Get Your Way
Summary:Â Ethos, logos, and pathos can help you get buy-in from stakeholders. Communicating with stakeholders has long been a challenge for UX professionals. Luckily, rhetoric provides strategies for navigating these difficult interactions. The Rhetorical Triangle Rhetoric is the art of using language to persuade an audience. The rhetorical triangle (more commonly known as ethos, logos,… Continue reading The Rhetorical Triangle for Stakeholders: Make Your Point and Get Your Way
25 Best AI Tools for UX Research (Reviewed for 2024)
Key takeaways đź’ˇ AI tools for UX research can enhance data processing, enabling researchers to quickly identify patterns and actionable insights from datasets to streamline the research process. đź“Š By leveraging AI for user segmentation, researchers can create more targeted and personalized experiences based on user behaviors and preferences, leading to more intuitive product designs.… Continue reading 25 Best AI Tools for UX Research (Reviewed for 2024)
Axe Reports 2.0: Make better data-driven accessibility decisions at scale
Successful digital accessibility programs run on great data. Without it, you can’t report on your progress or drive the right conversations around accessibility improvements with your stakeholders. That’s where axe Reports comes in. Available in the axe Platform, axe Reports is Deque’s enterprise-ready tool designed to help your organization track progress, pinpoint risks, and quickly… Continue reading Axe Reports 2.0: Make better data-driven accessibility decisions at scale
The Importance of Shopify Web Maintenance for Your Online Store
A Shopify store is the epicenter of your business, especially in the dynamic eCommerce world. It is where customers browse, make purchases, and interact with your brand. Like any technology, a Shopify store requires routine care to function at its best. Here’s when Shopify Web Maintenance comes into the play. Without continuous maintenance, even the… Continue reading The Importance of Shopify Web Maintenance for Your Online Store
MeasuringU reviews, price & alternatives
âť• Important note: This review site presents information relevant for researchers, not for participants in the user panel. TABLE OF CONTENTS What is MeasuringU? MUiQ is a UX research tool for desktop and mobile, offering usability studies, IA testing, surveys, and live sessions. With task recordings, click maps, and analytics, it helps you gain user… Continue reading MeasuringU reviews, price & alternatives
Revolutionizing the Checkout: The Impact of Digital Billing on Customer Experience
Implementing digital billing solutions stands out as a transformative strategy to bolster financial operations. This adoption optimizes billing processes and significantly improves the customer experience across various touchpoints. Integrating digital billing systems into your operations enables you to handle challenges more efficiently while ensuring a smooth and enjoyable customer journey. This article will explore how… Continue reading Revolutionizing the Checkout: The Impact of Digital Billing on Customer Experience
Getting into the Discovery Mindset
Summary: Successful discovery requires teams to be open to uncovering “unknown unknowns.” Center your discovery efforts around problems rather than solutions. Discovery helps us decide what to build or what direction to pursue. To perform discovery well, we have to adopt a particular mindset: an exploration mindset and an openness to learn new things. The… Continue reading Getting into the Discovery Mindset
10 best UXtweak alternatives (often misspelled as UX Tweak) in 2024
UXtweak is a highly rated UX research platform allowing research teams to recruit for, conduct, analyze, and share research all-in-one place. With the ability to conduct moderated and unmoderated studies, from concepts to production, effortless recruitment and management of participants, comprehensive analysis, and reports it became a strong contender in the market… Continue reading 10 best UXtweak alternatives (often misspelled as UX Tweak) in 2024
Documenting design process with Notion
[unable to retrieve full-text content] An ultimate approach to Design Documentation Managing projects efficiently is crucial to keep your work process moving smoothly. Working within a design team, or collaborating with multiple stakeholders, staying organised can be a challenge. This is where a Design Documentation Notion Template comes into play. Design documentation – Notion template A… Continue reading Documenting design process with Notion
How to make interactive charts accessible
Interactive charts can transform data into compelling stories, offering valuable insights at a glance. But what happens when these visual tools are inaccessible to those with visual impairments? In this post, we’ll show you how to ensure your interactive charts are accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities. Before digging deeper, let’s establish what… Continue reading How to make interactive charts accessible
Top Trends in Web Design and Development Every Designer Should Know
The landscape of web design and development is constantly evolving, driven by advancements in technology, changing user preferences, and new design philosophies. Keeping up with the latest trends is crucial for web designers and developers who aim to create innovative, engaging, and effective websites. This article explores the top trends in web design and development… Continue reading Top Trends in Web Design and Development Every Designer Should Know
Participatory Design: The Complete Guide
In this article, we have collated everything you need to know about participatory design as part of the development process including a solid definition, its major benefits, hands-on approaches to it as well as real-life examples to help you digest the concept and use it to develop innovative and user-friendly products. Participatory design… Continue reading Participatory Design: The Complete Guide
Exploring AR Design for Children
Lab Projects Nurturing Innovation Through Lab Projects At UX studio, our lab projects help our team flex their creative muscles and freely explore new ideas, methods and technologies. During lab projects, we work within the studio in a smaller team to achieve a specific goal we’ve set, or develop a product we’ve envisioned. The dedicated… Continue reading Exploring AR Design for Children
Access High Growth and Build a Sustainable Career with Coding Bootcamps
Why are coding bootcamps rising? Coding remains a cornerstone skill in today’s job market, and it is resilient amid economic shifts. However, misconceptions often obscure its true nature as software expert coders play an essential role in technology-driven industries. Businesses depend on them to create operational solutions that drive innovation and efficiency. Coders must be… Continue reading Access High Growth and Build a Sustainable Career with Coding Bootcamps
How far do people trust AI? – A Research project from UX Studio
We designed quantitative research to get an overview. In this post, we will introduce our research process, and give a sneak peek at our top 3 findings. You can also check out the detailed results with all the graphs and findings. Why we ran this study UX studio is delving into the research on the… Continue reading How far do people trust AI? – A Research project from UX Studio
Feedback: The Foundation of the Designer Communication Toolset
Reality hits as soon as you cut into a piece of wood. First, you might blame the quality of the wood. After countless trials and errors, you slowly begin to realize that using a Ryoba requires practice, patience, and technique. Based on my experience and after a series of internal mentoring at UX studio, I… Continue reading Feedback: The Foundation of the Designer Communication Toolset
Zuko Form Builder: Build Forms with High Conversion Rates
80% of users have abandoned an online form after beginning to fill it out (source). Chances are you’re losing more users on your form than you know. The only way to turn this around is to build a form that delivers a smooth and easy user experience. That’s where Zuko Form Builder can help. Data-Driven… Continue reading Zuko Form Builder: Build Forms with High Conversion Rates
32 Creative Stationery Mockups That Will Make Your Brand Stand Out
The Power of Presentation: How creative stationery mockups elevate your corporate branding! For graphic designers working on corporate branding, a logo and color palette are just the beginning. A truly cohesive brand identity extends to all touchpoints, including the seemingly small detail of business stationery. But how do you effectively showcase your vision for letterheads,… Continue reading 32 Creative Stationery Mockups That Will Make Your Brand Stand Out
12 Reasons to Hire a Product Design Agency
At UX Studio, we’ve worked with over 250 clients in the past decade. Our experiences range from large tech firms to startups, each partnership has carried unique challenges and experiences. We want to spotlight the typical circumstances when it’s time to call your trusted agency partner. When Should You Consider Partnering with an Agency? Over… Continue reading 12 Reasons to Hire a Product Design Agency
Product Testing
Product testing is an essential stage in bringing any new product to market. Before a product is released to consumers, companies will thoroughly test it to identify any flaws or areas for improvement. The goal is to catch issues while the product is still in development. Though testing adds steps in product development,… Continue reading Product Testing
Opportunities for AI in Accessibility
In reading Joe Dolson’s recent piece on the intersection of AI and accessibility, I absolutely appreciated the skepticism that he has for AI in general as well as for the ways that many have been using it. In fact, I’m very skeptical of AI myself, despite my role at Microsoft as an accessibility innovation strategist… Continue reading Opportunities for AI in Accessibility