Design Tip #5
Always make the primary action standout on a page by making its visual stronger.
Bad Design vs. Good Design
“Bad design is smoke, while good design is a mirror.”— Juan Carlos Fernandez What is bad design? A design that misleads the user just like smoke can mislead someone. It obscures the right direction as the smoke does. The good …
Design Tip #4 – Mark Optional Fields Only
Most of the time, all fields in a form are mandatory except a couple of optional fields. To avoid clutter, it is better to mark optional labels for fields that are not required. Find more UI design tips here. UX …
3-Click Rule and Usability
“Usability does not equate to a specific number of clicks, taps, swipes, pinches, flicks.” – John Morkes The usability of a design is the measure of ease by which a user can work on a product to achieve the desired …
How To Measure Your UX Design Skills?
Stepping into the UX career does not require a lot of experience or knowledge of the field. You can become a UX designer if you have relevant education, you are interested in design thinking, you want to study human behavior, …
Design Tip #3 – Don’t Use Placeholder Text in Controls
Don’t use placeholder text as it disappears as soon as the user starts typing the input. Recalling the instructions while entering the text is annoying for the user. The only way to restore it is to remove the entered text. …
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24 Popular Medium Design Articles of 2019
1. Introducing Mercury OS by Jason Yuan “Nine months ago, I set out to invent a new way of interfacing with our devices, armed with only a single metaphor: Mercury. I wanted to create something that users could move through without …
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Design is Communication
“True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it’s about encouraging communication.” – Edwin Schlossberg An interactive design needs to be communicative. It should communicate with the user in a way that the user understands it fully …
Design Tip #1: Don’t Wrap Text in Buttons
Don’t wrap text on Buttons. A button label should remain on a single line. Thanks for reading. Find more related articles at uxdworld.com. Get my free 5-day UX design course via email. SIGN UP to get Free E-Book: UX Design Fundamentals to learn best practices, UX …
Simplicity in Design
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” –Antoine de Saint-Exupery
8 Useful Interview Tips for UX Designers
An interview is a process that helps recruiters to find out a suitable person who can fulfill their requirements in a desirable way. It includes a set of questions and answers to get an understanding of the other person about …
Benefits of the Incremental Design Approach
“Designers are afraid of incremental design but to launch faster you need an incremental vision.”— Katie Dill An incremental vision allows you to deliver the output, in our case design, in small increments to your customer.
Consistency – The Quality of A Successful UX Designer
Becoming a successful UX designer is based on many factors together. Out of those, Consistency is an attribute that helps you maintain every factor in a balanced form. Being consistent in your work and in your daily routine makes it easier for …
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If you can design one thing, you can design everything
“If you can design one thing, you can design everything.” — Massimo Vignelli That’s true. When you are designing an experience, you are following a process. That process is the guideline for you to complete the design. When you start designing, you get …
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How to Design Effective Infographics?
What Are Infographics? An infographic is a visual representation of a story. You have something to tell your audience, infographics provide you a way of presenting the information more effectively.
User Experience Design Process
Unsplash What is User Experience Design? User Experience is the value that you provide to your users when they are using your product. “User Experience Design (UXD or UED) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction with a product by …
More Options, More Problems
“Rule of thumb for UX: More options more problems.” — Scott Belsky Hick’s law states that the more options available for the users, the longer time it will take for them to make a decision.
Understand Your Users
“We tend to be distracted by the voices in our own heads telling us what the design should look like.” — Michael Bierut It’s very natural that when you are designing your product, you feel like a user of your product. You are the …
The Ultimate Guide to Design a Perfect Date Picker
A user interacts with different UI controls while working on a product. Adding a good user experience for a Date picker control is as important as for any other input control on UI.
An Analysis of 18 Creative 404 Error Pages of Popular Websites
A very common error that you come across while working on the internet is the ‘404 error’ or ‘Page not found’ error. This appears when you enter a web address that does not exist. The message that appears on this …
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Learn From Your Unhappy Customers
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” — Bill Gates You are designing for your customers. You get their requirements and work hard to meet them. Sometimes your customers become very happy to see the outcome. At times, they are …
6 Creative Pagination UI Styles
Pagination is an important visual design element. Whether we talk about desktop, mobile, or web-based systems, pagination UI is needed to navigate content that is displayed on multiple pages. Below is a collection of creative pagination UI styles that can …
Adopting Innovation in UX
“Asking users to adopt new behaviors or even modify their existing behaviors is very, very hard.” — Khoi Vinh Change is difficult to accept, but is always for good. When users continuously use a product, they become comfortable with it, although it …
Design is Everywhere, so Take Inspiration from Your Surroundings
“Design is everywhere. From the dress you’re wearing to the smartphone you’re holding, it’s design.”— Samadara Ginige That’s very true! Design is everywhere. Design is not limited to the digital world, instead, everything we use in our daily lives is …
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Popular Design Links — Aug & Sep 2018
A good UX designer always looks forward to learning and sharing related knowledge with other designers. The below list contains a few amazing UX links that I believe will enhance your UX understanding and help you to grow in the …
Look at Usual Things With Unusual Eyes
“Look at usual things with unusual eyes.”–Vico Magistretti Being a UX designer, you must have an eye to look usual things in an unusual way. Just look at the text editor you are using right now. Can you feel that …
Do Not Seek Praise, Seek Criticism
“Do not seek praise, seek criticism.”–Paul Arden Everyone loves to be praised for his or her good work. It feels really good when someone appreciates you, your work, or your actions.