Category: UX Design
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Are tabs as a pattern good for mobile design? How do they affect an app’s usability?
What kind of app are you working on? Let’s set two facets in this answer: Trend – are tabs being used in Android and iOS mobile apps? Yes, as evidenced in popular mobile apps (Quora, for example). Nature – can tabs function well in limited spaces? Yes, it is implemented in a single row which…
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How can designers leverage audio to enhance user experience?
What kind of experience do you want for your users? Here’s a checklist: Business and User Objectives Features and Requirements Information Architecture and Interaction Design Navigation and User Interface Design Accessibility and Visual Design Visual Layout Colors Typography Animation Audial Text–to–Speech Sound (cues and effects) Music (background and foreground) While one of sound’s purpose is…
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Introduction to Information Architecture
Introduction to Information Architecture 1 How spaces and structures are designed in the information level. Purpose To empower designers in working in the Interaction Design stage. Outline Intro Information Architecture Information, Data, Content Definition Main Ontology Definition Framework Nouns and Verbs Controlled Vocabulary Taxonomy Definition Facets Types of Relationships Diagrams Choreography Definition Placemaking Content Things…
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List or Group?
In finding the best term for separating a collection of items, which to use—list or group? Brain dump: List implies linearity, structure. Group implies randomness. — In generalizing the semantics of all items in a collection—in an HTML document—go for group. <ul class=”list group”>…</ul> <div class=”group”>…</div> <dl class=”list group”>…</dl> — It is important to note…
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Design Skills
Information Architecture & Interaction Design Human–Computer Interaction Cognitive Psychology Ubiquitous Computing Urban Informatics Urban Computing Human Factors and Ergonomics Social Computing User Experience and Experience Design Visual Representation Industrial Design Bifocal Display Contextual Design Mobile Computing End–User Development Philosophy of Interaction Affective Computing Requirements Engineering Context–Aware Computing Usability Evaluation Activity Theory Disruptive Innovation Open User…
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Exploring Name—Description—Purpose (NDP)
But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name Colors of the Wind In terms of User Interface Design, every element must serve its purpose—its reason for being. In able to be identified, it must have a name and a description of what it does. The…
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If you are a UI/UX designer, what would you choose, to be an all-around with average skills (design + programming) or be a champ in UI/UX only?
Be a jack of all trades and a master of none or a master of one (and more)? It is an age-old question. It depends on the environment where you want to focus on: in a one-man band freelancing: jack of all trades in a company with team members with specializations: specialize in a company…
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Why don’t many professional web designers disable the outline (blue glow) around input fields, even if it clashes with the design and color scheme?
There are many default usability styles designed by the browser. Sometimes it is best to leave it alone because it covers a lot of area that you might not be able to cover if you nitpick it. Now if the color of the outline clashes with your branding like “blue is really banned from your…
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How do I know which CSS attributes work on each HTML tags?
There are initial points to take into consideration in order to make sense of the connection between HTML elements (<p>, <a>, <div>, etc.) and CSS properties (display, font-size, background-color, etc.). The nature of the HTML element The purpose of the HTML element You might notice that it is all about HTML elements. This is because HTML elements already have…
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What is a good “test project” to prove one’s skills as a UI designer (to work with a UX person) for a website development company, e.g, if one’s portfolio is out-of-date, but they have prerequisite talent & skills?
Let’s frame your question in the following: You’re applying for a web development company Your portfolio currently would not demonstrate your superpowers But a Test Project will You are applying for a User Interface Designer position In the company, they have a UX Researcher and a UX Designer in the team You would like to…