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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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
To Ignite a Personalization Practice, Run this Prepersonalization Workshop
Picture this. You’ve joined a squad at your company that’s designing new product features with an emphasis on automation or AI. Or your company has just implemented a personalization engine. Either way, you’re designing with data. Now what? When it comes to designing for personalization, there are many cautionary tales, no overnight successes, and few… Continue reading To Ignite a Personalization Practice, Run this Prepersonalization Workshop
Measuring Empathy for Accessibility
After my previous blog on the Two Pillars of Accessibility, I was asked on LinkedIn from a peer in the accessibility field how a program could measure and report the empathy pillar of an accessibility program i.e. how much does your company care about accessibility. Measuring the impact of accessibility is relatively easy — you can track… Continue reading Measuring Empathy for Accessibility
Analyzing Code With Code Detection API
The world runs on code. Nearly every single aspect of our lives is in some way, shape, or form handled by code. It may be hidden and running behind the scenes, but it is ever-present in our daily activities. Waking in the morning thanks to our alarm clock or phone app, consuming news and media… Continue reading Analyzing Code With Code Detection API
Customize a WooCommerce Product Page for Free
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Creating a fully functioning eCommerce store requires you to take care of a lot of big and small things. Any website that you create to sell products will have different types of pages to address different needs. Dedicated product pages are one such example. A product page… Continue reading Customize a WooCommerce Product Page for Free
7 Basic Usability Heuristic Designers Live By
There are basic usability heuristics all designers know and live by. Why? Because designing for usability takes up more complicated planning processes than it looks. Contrary to most people’s thinking, UI and UX design is NOT about the aesthetic. It’s about creating a workable, and successful, path for users on an interface from the moment… Continue reading 7 Basic Usability Heuristic Designers Live By
16 Free Looped Animation and Samples to Use for Your Projects
October 4, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Leave a Comment Animation in websites has reached new, incredible levels since the increased availability of free looped animation on the internet. The great news is that there are numerous sources available. These could be samples, templates, or ready-to-use animations you can simply embed on your website. Why Use Looped… Continue reading 16 Free Looped Animation and Samples to Use for Your Projects
How to survive a design career and avoid burnout (Part 2)
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Hi, people in the UX Design and Product world. This post is the second in a series I’m writing, based on conversations I’ve had with Product and Experience Designers and leaders in the field, who prosper despite working in some really harsh environments. And when I say “harsh”, I’m talking… Continue reading How to survive a design career and avoid burnout (Part 2)
42 Best Webcam Borders for Twitch & Stream (Using a Twitch Border Maker)
Want to know how to make a Twitch border? Check out this tutorial, which will show you how to create a border for Twitch, as well as sharing 42 of the best Twitch border templates available at Placeit. Premium Twitch Border Maker From Placeit Placeit is an excellent source for finding the best Twitch border… Continue reading 42 Best Webcam Borders for Twitch & Stream (Using a Twitch Border Maker)
Landing Pages and Banners for St. Patrick’s Day 2021
March 3, 2021 by Sangalang Kristine Are you in serious need of cool and unique St. Patrick’s Day landing pages and banner designs? This article exhibits many of the best, free St. Patrick’s day landing pages and banner designs. Usually celebrated with fun costumes, parades, and a whole lot of booze, the Feast of St.… Continue reading Landing Pages and Banners for St. Patrick’s Day 2021
Getting Started With the MStore Pro React Native App Template
Building a React Native app from scratch can be difficult. Setting up the initial project can be complex and annoying, especially for those who work primarily on web applications. How do you deal with the command-line interface? What is exporting your project? These questions pop up, and for your first few apps, they’ll seem like… Continue reading Getting Started With the MStore Pro React Native App Template
Display the Latest News on Your Site With Mediastack
What an extraordinary year 2020 has been for the news! From the ongoing coronavirus crisis, to a turbulent US election, to the unrelenting march of Bitcoin, this year like no other we’ve been glued to our phones micro-analyzing every tidbit of news. Which makes this the perfect time for mediastack, an awesome REST API that… Continue reading Display the Latest News on Your Site With Mediastack
3 Easy Ways to Use Emotion in Web Design
As human beings, we like to think that we’re rational creatures. We tell ourselves that we make our decisions based on fact and logic. However, that’s rarely the full truth. As much as we try to make choices guided by rationality, the truth is that we’re often highly emotional people, driven by the way that… Continue reading 3 Easy Ways to Use Emotion in Web Design
The Latest Research for Web Designers, December 2020
2020 has been an interesting year, to say the least. And although I’m sure many of you can’t wait until the calendar flips ahead to 2021, it doesn’t look as though we’re going to be able to say goodbye to 2020 so easily. Many of the changes we’ve had to make this year are now… Continue reading The Latest Research for Web Designers, December 2020
Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User
You probably know that putting too much food on your plate is usually a bad idea. Since research indicates that you’re more likely to overeat if you fill your plate, it’s not a good thing for your waistline. It’s also not a good thing for your eyes. If there’s no focal point, the food can… Continue reading Why You Should Simplify Your Designs for the Smartest User
Popular Design News of the Week: August 3, 2020 – August 9, 2020
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: August 3, 2020 – August 9, 2020
Not All Traffic is Created Equally: Measuring The Importance of Traffic Sources & Setting UTMs
There’s no shortage of ways in which you can generate traffic towards a website, and the list seems to be growing on a daily basis. For every new traffic generation method, there are thousands of fresh sources of traffic for businesses to tap into. Plenty of people find themselves so caught up in focusing on… Continue reading Not All Traffic is Created Equally: Measuring The Importance of Traffic Sources & Setting UTMs
How Freelancers Can Stay Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis
There are a lot of negative emotions swirling around right now: fear; stress; frustration; anxiety; depression. And what’s worse is that it feels like there’s no escape from them. We don’t know how long the coronavirus crisis is going to last, so we can’t allow these negative emotions to overwhelm us day in and day… Continue reading How Freelancers Can Stay Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis
How to use the new LogoMyWay Online Logo Maker
There was a time not too long ago when designing a logo for a new company was an expensive and time-consuming process that offered no guarantee of satisfaction. Today, though – thanks to the wide range of logo design tools and platforms available online – designing a great-looking, professional logo is now easier and more… Continue reading How to use the new LogoMyWay Online Logo Maker
12 Best Android Photo App Templates
App templates are the perfect solution for inexperienced coders who want to create apps but don’t yet have the skill. And for the experienced developer pressed for time. They come with core functions already implemented for you, so you can customise the app easily and add the elements you think are most important to the… Continue reading 12 Best Android Photo App Templates
Ready for Christmas: How to prepare your retail business
December 3, 2019 by Richie KS As we all know, some businesses rely on seasonality. In other words, a large chunk of their sales arrive during the same months of every year and suffice to say, Christmas tends to be one of these bigger periods. It means that your results during this period can make… Continue reading Ready for Christmas: How to prepare your retail business
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
Create Branded WooCommerce Emails With an Email Customizer Plugin
If you have ever placed an order online, then you have probably received a transactional email. Transactional emails are emails that are sent to you and your customers after a transaction has occurred on your website. These transactional emails are not to be confused with promotional emails that are sent to a list of recipients… Continue reading Create Branded WooCommerce Emails With an Email Customizer Plugin