Category UX Design

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Converting Our Stories Into Multi-Screen Experiences

by Senongo Akpem

12 min read
No meows just yet

May 13, 2013 — Storytelling takes many forms. In the past, stories were told orally, with people telling and retelling myths, fables and even histories. As writing technology became more prevalent, we began to ... Read More…

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Will Dayble wrote

Whiteboards, Visions And Banned Words

May 7, 2013 — This article is about design consultancy. It’s about wrangling that client who uses empty sentences like, “We want a snappy, simple experience,” or, “It should be on brand and should really pop.” Read More…

Yogev Ahuvia wrote

Infinite Scroll: Let's Get To The Bottom Of This

May 3, 2013 — Infinite scroll promised to provide users with a better experience. However, the good is often accompanied by the bad and the ugly. Once we understand the strengths and weaknesses of infinite scrolling, we can begin to use it to empower our interfaces. Read More…

Tomer Sharon wrote

The Rainbow Spreadsheet: A Collaborative Lean UX Research Tool

April 11, 2013 — Liverpool FC fans sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone” to their players during matches. UX research is best done when a team is involved. When you run UX research on your own without active observers, you are missing its point. This article describes and gives you a tool I created … Read More…

Alex Fedorov wrote

Mastering Real-World Constraints (A Case Study)

March 28, 2013 — As UI designers, we’re always interested in learning, reading user research, understanding best practices and keeping up to date on all the latest approaches and tactics for building websites and applications. Read More…

John Casey wrote

The Art Of Storytelling Around An App

March 19, 2013 — Every app tells a story. Apps like Pandora tell the story of music; apps like Tip N Split tell a story of a calculator; and apps like Temperature tell the story of weather. Then we have storybook apps like Alice for the iPad, which literally tell stories! Read More…

Derek Nelson wrote

How To Design A Better Mobile Checkout Process

March 14, 2013 — A record number of shoppers are turning to their smartphones to research potential purchases. Meanwhile, the bigger question — are those same users willing to complete the purchases on their mobile device? — is quickly being answered. Read More…

Stephanie Troeth wrote

Designing For The Multifaceted User

March 12, 2013 — Designing with users in mind is a tricky thing. Not only does it require of us a sound understanding of who our users are, but the actual act of translating what we know about them into a well-designed product is not always an obvious or easy path. Read More…

Chris Noessel wrote

What Sci-Fi Tells Interaction Designers About Gestural Interfaces

March 1, 2013 — One of the most famous interfaces in sci-fi is gestural — the precog scrubber interface used by the Precrime police force in Minority Report. Using this interface, Detective John Anderton uses gestures to “scrub” through the video-like precognitive visions of psychic … Read More…

Rian van der Merwe wrote

How To Sell Your UX Design Solution To Clients

February 20, 2013 — How do you convince clients to trust you with their valuable and much-loved product? In my experience, the best way to sell work to clients is to apply user-centered design not only to the work we produce, but also to the clients who commission that work. Read More…