User Experience Is More Than Design—It’s Strategy
By Christopher Grant Ward Published: August 5, 2013 “Most technology companies and digital agencies don’t consider UX design roles to be part of strategic decision making. UX designers usually get hired to execute strategy decisions that others have already made.” User experience concerns much more than the design of elegant, usable products.
10 Secret Code Phrases to Get What You Want from Your Graphic Designer
Pixels, white space, focal points and sans-serif. Designers have their own language, and it’s baffling if you’re not used to it. It’s almost like we have a “secret code,” and we reserve our best work for the clients who know it. When you speak with us, you might feel like you need a translator to communicate what you want and get marketing materials that stand out.
App Overload: It's Time to Clean House
The other day I noticed I had more than 165 apps on my iPhone. Of them, I consistently use, maybe, 15. In other words, 91% of my apps are in the way of other apps I want to use. Organization does help, some.
Footer design, 200+ best
As most of you guys probably know, the footer is the last significant part of a website. It tends to be used for placing important information, such as the RSS feedback button, slide galleries, contact information, latest posts, the site map, among others. But the footer its not just a large space to fill the bottom of the page.
Killer User Onboarding Starts With A Story
Want more people to adopt your product? Make sure you know what progress looks like in your user’s life, not just on their screen. Having a stellar user adoption rate is a beautiful thing. Converting users at a higher rate drives down your cost of user acquisition, which in turn stretches your marketing resources even further. It also increases the likelihood that people stick around longer, driving up average lifetime value, and letting you invest your product resources more strategically. The secret to getting there?
Bibliography
Books The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst The book which sparked this website. Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann
Big List of Usability Testing Resources
:: By Amberly Dressler, Managing Editor :: Website testing has recently come in the spotlight when Facebook was criticized for experimenting with its news feeds. Some prominent website owners came to Facebook's defense, most notably one of dating website OkCupid's founders who, in summary, said that most website owners don’t know what they are doing, and they experiment on human beings to find the answers. “But guess what, everybody: if you use the Internet, you’re the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site,” wrote OkCupid Co-Founder Christian Rudder.
Mega Collection Of Cheatsheets for Designers And Developers
Cheatsheets and various quick reference guides are available for almost any type of software and language these days. Unfortunately they’re not always easy to find when you actually need them. This is why I decided to take some time to gather up as many as possible and share them with you here! Hopefully this can be a timesaver for you, along with teaching you a new trick or two. The resources have been divided into various categories to make them easier to find.
What’s the difference between iOS and Android users?
What does your choice of smartphone platform say about you? Do you crave the security and polished user experience Apple offers iPhone users, or do you dig the variety of devices you’ll find on the Android landscape, as well as the freedom to run software from whomever you choose? All these differences between the platforms end up attracting different kinds of users, and today we look at one survey that attempts to reveal some of the traits that are more likely to apply to iOS users than Android fans, and the other way around. According to this study by Battery Ventures, iPhone users seem to have more white collar jobs, travel by air, and enjoy wine. Android users, on the other hand, are more likely to be blue collar, rely on public transportation, and prefer beer. We also see an interesting relationship with vices: Android users eat more often at McDonald’s and represent a larger share of smokers, yet at the same time they’re more likely to identify as religious.
The 10 Most Important Skills You Need to be a Web Designer
Here are my top 10 web design skills that you WILL need to master to become an effective web designer. If you’re serious about mastering web design and marketing, check out the Pro Web Design Alliance. See how Jordan benefited from the course forum and Google hangout sessions to make his and his clients’ sites better.
UI Patterns For Mobile Apps: Search, Sort And Filter
Advertisement As I was waiting for a table at a local restaurant the other day, I flipped through a couple of the free classified papers. I was shocked to realize how dependent I’ve grown on three simple features that just aren’t available in the analog world: search, sort and filter. AutoDirect and some of the other freebies are organized by category (like trucks, vans, SUVs) but others, like Greensheet, just list page after page of items for sale.
Ultimate guide to table UI patterns
Check out this excellent article by Janko: Ultimate guide to table UI patterns. It is full of great examples and suggestions. After reading it, I just had to add three more scenarios: 1. Inline Editing
Islands of Consciousness - Code/Visualization: Mario Klingemann - Soundtrack: Oleg Marakov / Corpuscul
Islands Of ConsciousnessCode/Visualization: Mario Klingemann | Soundtrack: Oleg Marakov / Corpuscul When Oleg Marakov pointed out the similarities between his piece of randomly arranged music Islands and my random movie creator Flickeur it was immediately clear that a combination of both projects would definitely result in something very interesting. The result of this fusion - Islands of Consciousness - is not a simple combination of the two concepts but a great advancement.
Mobile UI: 30 Well-Executed Search Bar Designs
Search box has always been the best tour guide on the internet as well as on your own website or blog and so having a nice, well-executed search bar design is a big advantage because it will let your readers find it easily and avoid them going out of your website. Sometimes, people fail to get what they are looking for on a certain web page and the first thing that they probably look for is your search box. Whether you have a modern or retro user interface, it is very crucial that all web elements can be distinguished. Of course, there are lots of free UI kits on the internet which you can incorporate with your projects, however, it sometimes doesn’t meet the quality and suitability. Sure it is easy to make your search box popped up on your website by using some web design techniques; but how about on mobile version?
