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The Core Skill of Design in the AI Era: Critique

Summary:  To build useful and usable AI-powered systems, our understanding of users’ needs and our design judgement must be encoded into well-defined evaluation criteria. Design Decisions in Generative AI Systems Imagine asking a large language model a question like “How’s the weather today?” The response might include too much information (“it’s 72 degrees, and it… Continue reading The Core Skill of Design in the AI Era: Critique

Filmora AI Video Generator App: Create AI Videos on Mobile Easily

Making videos used to be very hard for many regular people. You need a big computer and many hours to learn every tool. Now, everyone wants to share great stories on social media every single day. Using a Filmora AI video generator helps you create amazing videos directly on your phone. This smart tool turns… Continue reading Filmora AI Video Generator App: Create AI Videos on Mobile Easily

TaxBuddy, Making Taxes Feel Less Taxing

[unable to retrieve full-text content] TaxBuddy — Making Taxes Feel Less Taxing Simplifying financial complexity through intuitive UX and Visual Design. Project Summary When we first began working on TaxBuddy, the goal was simple — to make the process of filing taxes feel less intimidating for everyday users. But soon, we realized the real challenge wasn’t just about simplifying steps, it… Continue reading TaxBuddy, Making Taxes Feel Less Taxing

4 Proven Methods to Get the Most Out of ChatGPT-5

[unable to retrieve full-text content] ChatGPT 5 is the latest version of OpenAI’s AI model. This model shows better performance in several areas, including improved accuracy on advanced math and coding tasks, and it has a larger context window for processing long documents. However, despite all the advantages of this new model, it has one… Continue reading 4 Proven Methods to Get the Most Out of ChatGPT-5

How to Collect App Feedback? [Best App Feedback Tools in 2025]

Key takeaways 🧭 In-app feedback is like your app’s GPS. Without it, you’re navigating UX blindly. Real user input helps improve flows, catch bugs, and boost retention. 📱 Over 85% of mobile users prefer apps to mobile sites. Failing to meet UX expectations means users will uninstall and move on quickly. 🎯 Collecting feedback before… Continue reading How to Collect App Feedback? [Best App Feedback Tools in 2025]

People with diverse abilities

Introduction Accessibility is not just for people with disabilities, it is for everyone. Many of us may find ourselves in temporary or situational limitations on how we use and access content on the web. By creating solutions for users with a permanent disability, we are also helping users with temporary, situational disabilities or users with… Continue reading People with diverse abilities

Designing for Serial Task Switching

Summary:  Serial task switching, or rapidly shifting attention between tasks, is a natural user behavior that lowers productivity and increases stress and the chance of errors. Be honest. How many tabs do you have open right now? If you’re like me, it’s probably more than you’d like to admit. Serial task switching is a natural… Continue reading Designing for Serial Task Switching

AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update

Summary:  Despite improvements in narrow-scope AI design tools, most design-specific AI cannot replicate human designers’ output quality. This is a follow-up to the 2024 article AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update.  In April 2024, AI-powered design tools were not useful to designers. As of May 2025, their usefulness has improved, but we’re… Continue reading AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update

Button States: Communicate Interaction

Summary:  Minor visual changes help users distinguish between 5 different button states: enabled, disabled, hovered, focused, pressed. Buttons are core user-interface elements that, when clicked or tapped, execute an action. When designed correctly, buttons set accurate user expectations and help them understand how to interact with the interface. In addition to clear button labels, effective… Continue reading Button States: Communicate Interaction

Less Effort, More Completion: The EAS Framework for Simplifying Forms

Summary:  Use the EAS framework — Eliminate first, Automate where possible, and Simplify what remains — to minimize user effort and improve form completion rates. Filling out a form is rarely anyone’s idea of fun. Users are goal-oriented — they want to accomplish their goals quickly and efficiently. The more effort a form demands, the… Continue reading Less Effort, More Completion: The EAS Framework for Simplifying Forms

User-Interface Elements: Glossary

Summary:  Use this glossary to quickly clarify definitions for key graphical user-interface elements and controls. UX research and design require knowledge and understanding of many jargon terms denoting various UI components and controls. Jump to a definition in the table or review the complete glossary. 2D-Matrix Input Control A specialized input control used primarily in… Continue reading User-Interface Elements: Glossary

AI Hallucinations: What Designers Need to Know

Summary:  Plausible but incorrect AI responses create design challenges and user distrust. Discover evidence-based UI patterns to help users identify fabrications. What Are AI Hallucinations? Generative AIs are well-known for their tendency to produce hallucinations — untruthful answers (or nonsense images). A hallucination occurs when a generative AI system generates output data that seems plausible… Continue reading AI Hallucinations: What Designers Need to Know

The Life Before Me: Exploring Legacy Through Editorial Design

Discover Jaqueline Santos’ zine, “The Life Before Me,” a blend of editorial design, graphic design and personal storytelling. Editorial design has the unique power to weave personal stories into visual narratives. This is beautifully demonstrated in The Life Before Me, an experimental zine by Jaqueline Santos. Through this project, Santos delves into her parents’ lives before… Continue reading The Life Before Me: Exploring Legacy Through Editorial Design

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

What is SEO and Why Does Your Business Need It?

We live in a digital age where everything is a two-edged sword—for example, it’s easy to get data online, but it is hard to filter that data into specific things that you need, especially in your business. Almost everyone is on the world wide web now, and people are there searching for recommendations and even… Continue reading What is SEO and Why Does Your Business Need It?

Duolingo: analyzing all engagement and retention techniques

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Over 500 million people around the world use Duolingo to learn languages. In this article, we will dive into Duolingo’s engagement strategies and how this company keeps users motivated and coming back to the app again and again. Collage created by author Duolingo uses the Self-Determination Theory in the product. This concept… Continue reading Duolingo: analyzing all engagement and retention techniques

Why we see ghost images: After-images and successive contrast

In this next article of our Advanced Color Theory series, we’ll discover the science behind “ghost images” and how after-image and successive contrast affect your designs.  This article explores physiological and psychological reasons for these intriguing visual effects, based on how our eyes and brain process color and value. Learn how these phenomena not only… Continue reading Why we see ghost images: After-images and successive contrast

How to create UX research highlights video

What are user research highlights? What are they good for? This article answers these basic questions about highlights in UX research and, in addition, provides the exact procedure for creating highlights on the UXtweak platform. TABLE OF CONTENTS What is a User research highlight?  A user research highlight (sometimes referred to as a… Continue reading How to create UX research highlights video

Lyssna (UsabilityHub) Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

Considering Lyssna for your team’s research but want to weigh the pros and cons? Curious about others’ opinions on this tool? You’re in the right place! This article will explore Lyssna, highlighting its features, identifying any drawbacks, and comparing it to a top alternative. ❕ Important note: This review site presents information relevant… Continue reading Lyssna (UsabilityHub) Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

How to Tackle Prompting Challenges with AI Writing Tools

With the rise of readily available generative AI tools, it is now possible to create large bodies of text in a matter of seconds. However, crafting the right prompts to achieve the desired output can be challenging. In this article, we will examine the complexities of prompting and how AI writing tools can simplify the… Continue reading How to Tackle Prompting Challenges with AI Writing Tools

How this year’s hair trends translate to the state of content design

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Wispy bangs and that little bit of extra texture in your content design org Still from the song ‘Hair’ from the musical ‘Hair’, 1979 Hair has always been big for me. Not just because my favorite movie is the musical movie ‘Hair’ from 1979 but also because I’ve always considered my usually… Continue reading How this year’s hair trends translate to the state of content design

An Introductory Guide to Understanding Cognitive Disabilities

“For most people, technology makes things easier. But for people with disabilities, technology makes things possible” – Mary Pat Radabaugh By Glenda Sims and Jennie Delisi Think about the last time you hit “Snooze” on your phone’s alarm. Do you even remember pressing the button? Chances are you successfully went back to sleep for another… Continue reading An Introductory Guide to Understanding Cognitive Disabilities

3 Essential Design Trends, June 2023

That’s a big part of the reason so many designers are stripping down menus to more minimal styles. (Plus, it can create a cleaner, more sleek overall design.) Here’s what’s trending in design this month – and it is all about navigation. 1. Pop-Out Navigation There’s an obvious connection to mobile-friendliness here – website designs that use… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, June 2023