Krisztina Szerovay Follow Mar 27 · 7 min read Summary sketch of this article This is my second article on designing for different screen sizes and devices. In the previous part I outline the basics of fixed layouts, adaptivity, fluiditity and responsivity. In this article, I discuss some more important aspects, for instance responsive images,… Continue reading Designing for different screen sizes & devices — responsive images and more
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Design for Browser Inconsistency With Lambdatest
When the web was young, a 56k connection was fast, CSS was new, and Flash was but a glint in Macromedia’s eye, there was a phrase that graced half of all splash screens: Best viewed in IE6. You see, back in the early 00s, the web was a lot less competitive. It was perfectly possible… Continue reading Design for Browser Inconsistency With Lambdatest
7 Simple Steps to Get Started with Instagram Ads
Why Instagram? With an advertising reach of 849.3 million users and growing, the marketing potential of this social media platform is something that is simply hard to ignore. But if we’re going to play the numbers game, Facebook’s 2 billion users certainly dwarfs the number of Instagram users. So why not just place all your… Continue reading 7 Simple Steps to Get Started with Instagram Ads
Designing for Google Glass
Since scheduling interviews with doctors proved challenging, I opted to test the prototypes internally. I recruited 10 employees with various levels of experience using Glass. The group’s experience level was similar to our doctor population. Each participant went through three prototypes. Initially, some newcomers struggled with the swipe down gesture but eventually, they got it.… Continue reading Designing for Google Glass
A/B fails, Figma community, awesome plugins — and more design links this week
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective. All them A/B tests that never happened →When A/B tests become less about user validation and more about having a escape hatch for lack of product vision. UI Learnability →How to measure learnability of a… Continue reading A/B fails, Figma community, awesome plugins — and more design links this week
Popular Design News of the Week: October 14, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: October 14, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Designing With Data: How to Improve UX Using Customer Data
Do you always follow your gut when making decisions for your website? Designing your website often starts with what you feel will make a website look good. However, you’ll most likely be changing your plans when the results of your efforts come in. But this is okay because tracking and measuring your site’s performance from… Continue reading Designing With Data: How to Improve UX Using Customer Data
Designing a better borrowing experience
What we’ve been learning while trying to solve a challenging problem and make borrowing work for everyone Juliana Martinhago Follow Sep 26 · 6 min read The Lending business is hard. Same as banking, it has been historically frustrating to borrow money — loans, overdrafts, credit cards… Fees are not transparent, the price you see… Continue reading Designing a better borrowing experience
Popular Design News of the Week: September 23, 2019 – September 29, 2019
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: September 23, 2019 – September 29, 2019
5 Best Magento Extensions That Can Boost On-page SEO
Doing business online and ignoring SEO is parallel to opening a shop in far-flung areas where nobody bothers to visit. Your on-page and off-page SEO efforts bring your website to the limelight by elevating its ranking in search engines. There is no doubt that Magento is a leading eCommerce platform, but it still lacks the… Continue reading 5 Best Magento Extensions That Can Boost On-page SEO
Designing for user environments
Matt WeinbergBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jun 27 Last weekend, I was lucky enough to experience the Our Happy Life exhibit at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, which explores the way affect and emotion are quantified and used as a basis on which our built environments are designed. The exhibit juxtaposes dystopian descriptions of ultimately sterile or jarring spaces… Continue reading Designing for user environments
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
Designing type: a HackWeek diary
Florian GaefkeBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Apr 7 At our company, we have this quarterly HackWeek, where employees from different backgrounds — developers, product managers, and UX designers alike — have the freedom to collaborate and work on self-initiated projects. The best thing is that there are no limitations. So — you can rethink existing products, conceptualizing something completely new. Various kinds of projects are… Continue reading Designing type: a HackWeek diary
10 Great Tips for Custom Logo Designers
Logos are a brand’s face. You can judge that by the fact that all popular brands and companies are known because of their logo. Have a look at Apple, Samsung, Toyota and the countless other brands of the world. In a second you can recognize any of them. Judging from that you can imagine how… Continue reading 10 Great Tips for Custom Logo Designers
12 Biggest UX Flaws Hijacking User Experience (and How to Fix Them)
Undeniably, website designing is a cut and dried chore these days. First off, you get a simple layout ready. Next, you paint it with combination simpler colors. Then you stuff it with simplest words possible. Get set go! However, in their eagerness to launch their site in a hurry, most website owners forget to address… Continue reading 12 Biggest UX Flaws Hijacking User Experience (and How to Fix Them)
Designing a complex table for mobile consumption (nom)
The User Loss-prevention consultants inspect residential and commercial buildings to help ensure systems (such as fire protection systems and fuel-fired equipment systems) meet local, national, and industry standards. These consultants compare different risk factors across multiple assigned locations. This comparison allows them to make recommendations to property owners of how to mitigate risks and thus… Continue reading Designing a complex table for mobile consumption (nom)
Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
When designing modern websites, it is important to bear in mind the criticality of creating a well-balanced, user-friendly form as visitors make their first impression about a business by looking at their online portal. In several cases, the design of the form can make or break the future of the website. User experience plays a… Continue reading Dos and Don’ts of Designing the Perfect Website Form
20 Must-Have Wireframe Templates and UI Kits for Your Design Library
Wireframing. User journeys. Content maps. User-centered design. Information architecture. Animated prototypes. Conversion paths. Iterative features. Sitemaps. Uhh, what? Let’s be honest, the world of UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) is full of jargon and overcomplicated terms. Take, for example, this real line I copy-pasted from a job description for a senior content specialist… Continue reading 20 Must-Have Wireframe Templates and UI Kits for Your Design Library
Designing a decentralized profile dApp
We are a few years ahead of where the whole economic system went decentralized including ourselves. Good thing about this transformation is that we are now more than ever in control of what counts towards our own personal value (public records, type of shopping we make, lifestyle choices, social media, job status etc.) and with… Continue reading Designing a decentralized profile dApp
Designing A Crypto Website
Cryptocurrencies have amassed a lot of attention around them, and the more banks and tycoons fight them, the more people are intrigued to find out what exactly makes them so threatening to the rich. The truth is, technology is moving faster and soon, very few people will be walking around with hard cash. Bitcoin broke… Continue reading Designing A Crypto Website
Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
If you’ve ever spent time buying from an online store, you know that a pleasurable experience would motivate you to return. Customer satisfaction is key to designing an effective E-commerce site. An effective E-commerce site allows the products to shine and then allows you to carry out purchases quickly and efficiently. When designing an E-commerce… Continue reading Tips for Designing a Great Looking E-commerce Website + 20 Examples
Designing for the age of immediacy
2018 UX Trends Illustrated by Fernando Bittar Live streaming on social apps is growing fast. Snapchat puts everyone’s lives on the map and lets you follow your friends’ steps in real time. Messaging platforms, from Whatsapp to Intercom, allow businesses to have real-time (and automated) conversations with their customers. The constraints of tools, infrastructure and geographical barriers… Continue reading Designing for the age of immediacy
5 UX Mistakes Killing Your Website
You want your site to be cool, fresh, and exciting, but more than anything else, you should want your website to be effective. If visitors think “Wow, that looks neat” but leave without reading an article or buying a product, your design has failed. Often, visitors choose not to interact with a website because the… Continue reading 5 UX Mistakes Killing Your Website
Designing for Social Media: 25 Best Facebook Pages for Inspiration
How do you design a Facebook page experience? While Facebook was initially created to connect people, it is now a vast social network comprising different features and providing opportunities for brands and communities to promote their services. And with 2 billion monthly users, this social media channel can’t be ignored. Facebook pages are specifically designed… Continue reading Designing for Social Media: 25 Best Facebook Pages for Inspiration