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UX at Google, designing friction, interface as a story, and more UX this week

The state of UX in 2018 The death and rebirth of UX → As designers, we have always fought to be involved in strategic decisions early on. Now that we have a seat at the table, what are we going to do about it? Designing for the age of immediacy → Real-time social media experiences are changing… Continue reading UX at Google, designing friction, interface as a story, and more UX this week

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

5 Essential Features of a Viable Human Resources Software

The end of the year makes an ideal time to reflect on the year’s performances and to make new resolutions for the new year. As a business owner, your human resources department is the most important within your company. The unit is vital in hiring, firing, payroll, benefits, and understanding all tax and employment laws.… Continue reading 5 Essential Features of a Viable Human Resources Software

There’s no such thing as “minor design changes”

Sharing a quick story I found on Intercom’s blog about how there’s no such thing as a small change in a product. At some point Intercom’s team decided to limit the number of characters of their reviews to 140. “We want to limit the length of a review in the product to 140 characters, because… Continue reading There’s no such thing as “minor design changes”

Goal-based Sketching for UX design

Sketching and doodling can be fun, relaxing and has the power to expand your thinking. However when trying to solve problems, sketching can also distract your process. As a User Experience designer, I have found setting constraints like a timer or a whiteboard super helpful in putting pressure on the ideas being explored. Sketching up… Continue reading Goal-based Sketching for UX design

The Role of Color in Graphic Design

Color is a powerful thing. It can influence emotions, control moods, and motivate actions in a way that we still don’t entirely understand. It is a factor that has been recognized, if not fully understood, for many generations of businesses, and it remains a powerful factor in graphic design today. You can now assemble your… Continue reading The Role of Color in Graphic Design

Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX

Use Simple Language & Diction in Your Chatbot Design Process It can’t be overstated how important personality is for a chatbot; personality makes a bot fun to talk to. When you’ve developed a bot personality, ensure your bot’s voice remains consistent throughout the conversation. Moments where a bot speaks “out of character” can be immersion breaking… Continue reading Chatbot User Experience 101: Vital Tips to Improve Chatbot UX

4 Great Design to WordPress Services You Need to Try

Posted · Category: Best Collections You’ve worked hard to transform your design concept into a finished design for an app or website. Yet, there is an obstacle between handing over the final design and product launch. It’s called “development”; a task that very few web designers are willing, or indeed able, to take on. Fortunately,… Continue reading 4 Great Design to WordPress Services You Need to Try

The 5 questions you should be asking yourself all day, everyday #UX

The other day I found myself writing down a list of 5 questions I was asking myself more frequently than ever in the projects I am working on — and decided to pass it on to my team as well. The agency life is extremely fast-paced. Each Experience Designer on my team is simultaneously involved in two… Continue reading The 5 questions you should be asking yourself all day, everyday #UX

How to Improve Your Email Campaigns and Limit Customer Frustrations

Before you embark on an email campaign, you need to understand how your customers are going to access the information that you are providing them with. On an average day, 53% of customers open their emails on a mobile device, and this goes up to a staggering 75% during the holiday seasons. You need to… Continue reading How to Improve Your Email Campaigns and Limit Customer Frustrations

Design Continuity Matters

Planning and executing your site for multiple platforms Today’s digital data world is not inclusive of just the computer monitor or the laptop screen, but rather a combination of phones, tablets, smart devices, laptops, desktops, and mini-computers. As a business, it is vital that the information you present for such platforms have a level of… Continue reading Design Continuity Matters

How Gaming Sites Can Improve Their Design

The better designed the website and the better the usability, the more likely people will come back to use it  – and the more views, the more conversions and the better the website performs. Gaming websites need to be at the very height of attractive web design, especially in such a saturated sector. The look… Continue reading How Gaming Sites Can Improve Their Design

Is WordPress Ready for the New EU Privacy Rules?

Data is invaluable in the digital age, and if you have online presence, particularly if you run a website, then you are automatically part of the data game. With the new EU rules on data protection set to come into force in less than a year from now, how will WordPress – everyone’s favorite platform… Continue reading Is WordPress Ready for the New EU Privacy Rules?

Tips on Designing Site Architecture for Optimal SEO Results

Think of site architecture as a blueprint of a house. If effectively created, the site architecture can help you lay out the structure of your website so that it serves your target audience as well as the search engines. Your goal should be to create a fine balance between these two segments. As far as… Continue reading Tips on Designing Site Architecture for Optimal SEO Results

10 Best Corporate Website Design Examples

A corporate website is a virtual entrance to your business. Through it, your potential clients get to know your company. Thus, it should be appropriately developed to create the desired attitude and engage your customers to action. In this article, we will suggest a checklist for a good site and see some stunning corporate website… Continue reading 10 Best Corporate Website Design Examples

How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today

The internet has undergone a lot of changes over the last few decades.  In the early days, the complexity of web design was more about the technologies available and had nothing to do with fonts, typography variations, robust visual content representation, rich media and all other elements of modern web design. Today, however, such complex… Continue reading How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today

Stopping Endless Client Revisions with Be Theme and 260+ pre-built websites

Posted · Category: Best Collections If a seemingly unending stream of client revisions is starting to get to you, it is time to do something about it. In fact, this something can also be appealing to your clients. You shouldn’t be stuck with the same project week after week while neglecting other projects. There is… Continue reading Stopping Endless Client Revisions with Be Theme and 260+ pre-built websites

New Amazing Photoshop Actions for Photographers & Designers

Download new amazing Photoshop Action and transform your photos into real life painting effect, oil paint, newspaper print, abstract effect, watercolor effect, comic and dots effects within a seconds. Mostly Photoshop actions available with video tutorials that shows how to setup action files and how to use. Every time you run the action you will get a highly detailed… Continue reading New Amazing Photoshop Actions for Photographers & Designers

7 E-Commerce Design Boo Boos

Appearances matter. It takes one twentieth of a second for your site visitors to judge you. What can people take in in 0.05 sec? Looks are the only thing a prospect can absorb so quickly. You will lose a prospect instantly if your e-commerce page has any of these seven design flaws. Your chances of… Continue reading 7 E-Commerce Design Boo Boos

Transitioning From Web to VR Development

Web content has significantly expanded over the past 20+ years. Online media was limited only to text and pictures. This eventually gave way to music and video and, over time, online content has expanded to include every sort of media imaginable. Case in point, one of the hottest online trends of 2017 is online virtual… Continue reading Transitioning From Web to VR Development

How to Design a Landing Page That Converts

Every e-commerce website is designed to have one primary goal: to convert visitors. Conversion can range from a completed sale to registering a membership, or filling out a subscription form. Whatever it is, an effectively designed website must be able to convince users to achieve that primary goal. In light of various research and experiments,… Continue reading How to Design a Landing Page That Converts

The Importance Of Outcome-Focused Web Design And How A Strong Host Can Help

June 20, 2017 by Spyrestudios Blogger For an up-and-coming business, developing a strategically designed website that puts your goals at the forefront is key. Apart from boosting your online presence, a well-designed website can increase sales and revenue, engage and maintain connections with current clients, even foster relationships with potential customers. When designing your website,… Continue reading The Importance Of Outcome-Focused Web Design And How A Strong Host Can Help

Effective Methods of Creating Topnotch Web-Design

Web design is actually one of those jobs that are not too streamlined. The designer is only taught the basics and the codes, and is allowed to use creativity, personal skills and visualisation to bring the best out of every job they do. One of the best marketing tools of the present era is well… Continue reading Effective Methods of Creating Topnotch Web-Design