resources about web usability and web design
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Why most UX is shite
There are no Five Simple Steps to making your UX fabulous, there is no simple fix.
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What Does It Take to Be a User Experience Designer?
The job of the User Experience Designer is to make sure the intended experience unfolds as planned, and to keep asking: Are we building something remarkable?
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Why External Links Should Open in New Tabs
When most designers design websites, they don't pay much attention to links. As long as the link works and takes users to the right page, everything is fine.
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Are Design Patterns an Anti-pattern?
Design patterns are generally considered a good thing, but do they actually help run a user experience group?
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Wireframing for responsive design
There is no getting away from it, to show a complex website on a narrow screen device such as a mobile, there will have to be compromises.
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The future of user interface design: understanding context & behavior
Understanding context and behavior are factors for successful UX, but with that, as with any piece of knowledge, comes the responsibility of how to apply it.
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5 Examples Of Quantifying Qualitative Data
The advantage of converting qualitative data into quantitative data is that the source of qualitative data–a direct encounter of the user's experience–can reveal nuances in usability.
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This new typeface was made just for interface designers
Modern Pictograms is a new typeface created for interface designers and programmers.
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10 Important UI Design Considerations for Web Apps
It's easy to gloss the details over when you want to ship a product as quickly as possible, but if you take some time to really polish the little things, your interface will be as awesome as possible and your users will enjoy using it.
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Evolution Of WordPress From A Blogging Platform To A Full-Fledged CMS
WordPress is incredibly versatile, although initially it was known as a blogging platform, it's constant updation with great new features has led it to grown as a full-fledged CMS.
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An introduction to WAI-ARIA
WAI-ARIA is a technical specification published by W3C that specifies how to increase the accessibility of web pages, particularly those of a dynamic nature.
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Why Scrolling is the New Click
Which is better for users, scrolling or clicking? This is the question that designers have to think about when they’re designing page flow.
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Stop Designing Pages And Start Designing Flows
Whether you're mapping out a brand new website or looking to optimize an existing user experience, flow design will keep you out of the trap of designing individual pages and…
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Web Design Trends – Responsive Web Design
Responsive web design is a different approach of web design using this technology one can create a flexible website layout that dynamically fits into the screen…
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10 Must-Read Articles on Web Usability
These articles are a small sample of the brilliant things people in the UX community are writing about and are ones that have pushed us to think in new ways about how we build websites.
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20 things you can do this year to improve your user's experience
With a good user experience now widely seen as the key attribute of many high-tech products, it makes sense to review your own products to see how you can give them that user experience edge.
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Psychology in UX Design
This article focuses on recent UX design trends inspired by or based on various findings in the field of psychology.
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How To Test Your Site's Usability Without Breaking The Bank
Usability testing doesn't have to be costly. It just takes a little bit of fancy footwork, some plans for cheap alternatives and tools to get you along.
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Usability Testing: How to Get Useful Results
It's simply not natural to work at a computer while a stranger sits beside you asking questions. So making subjects feel comfortable is challenging.
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Decision Architecture: Designing for Decision-Making
Historically, the UX design toolbox has not included a focus on the science of decision-making. This needs to change.







