modalzmodalzmodalz.com
We use too many damn modals.
2 min · · The bad news While there are genuine, good uses for them, many modals are… disruptive, invasive, and confusing used as an interaction junk drawer used too often :) hard to escape poorly accessible a… · Shared by 164, including ross, Thomas Kaul, Stef Walter, Rodrigo Noales, Victor Tolosa, Hannah Milan, Andreas Bossard, Fabricio Teixeira, Clemens, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Brad Frost, Benoist Lawniczak, Dominik Chanton, John ʕ꘠ ͟ʖ꘠ʔ Ford, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Matt, Michelle Boisson, Max Stoiber, #MuskOut (not parody), Chris Messina
Nielsen Norman Group
How to Measure Learnability of a User Interface
8 min · · To measure learnability, determine your metric, gather your data, and plot the averages on a line curve. Analyze the learning curve by looking at its slope and its plateau. · Shared by 145, including CSS Weekly, Dominik Grolimund, Niklaus Gerber, MeasuringU, Nick Floro, Oscar MacDonald, ross, Esther Schindler, David Teodorescu, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
adamsilver.io
Where to put buttons on forms by Adam Silver, designer based in London, UK.
6 min · · Button placement can make or break a form. Find out the best place to put them in this article. · Shared by 222, including Benoist Lawniczak, HeyDesigner, Marius Bleuer, ross, Veerle Pieters, front-end.social/@heydon, CSS Weekly, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Gabriele, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., David Hellmann, Design Shack, Muhammad Althaf, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Caroline Jarrett, almagentia369, Johannes Dornisch, Christian P. Stobbe, Oliver Raduner, Jacob du Toit
Nielsen Norman Group
Placeholders in Form Fields are Harmful (Video)
· Data-entry form fields on websites are crucial for ecommerce and many other applications. Fields need labels and (sometimes) instructions, but placing this text inside the field lowers usability and… · Shared by 74, including Web Axe, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, Oliver Raduner, Dennis Lembrée, Vincenzo Tremonte, ross
UX Collective
Good to great UI animation tips
8 min · · Practical suggestions to improve your UI micro-interactions. · Shared by 404, including pizza.lottie 🍕, ahmet, Luca Hammer, Yash Tekriwal, Nicolas Berg, Mark Kaigwa, Greg Meyer, Adham Dannaway, Zain Fathoni, Mike Taylor, ross, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Paweł Kuna, Ariane van der Veen, Marcus Kuhn, adrianleb.eth, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Nicolas Dengler, Herbert Bay, Fabricio Teixeira
unbounce
Here’s How the Illustration Design Trend Caught Fire and Why Every SaaS Is Rebranding
18+ min · · Recently, hundreds of SaaS websites have started using similar-looking illustrations in their branding. How did this trend catch fire? And is it bad for marketers to follow these types of design… · Shared by 96, including kp, sascha aßbach, ross, Oli Gardner 🇺🇦, Victor Tolosa, 瑞拿頭
ux.shopify.com
Designing address forms for everyone, everywhere
12+ min · · A 5-step guide to designing global addresses · Shared by 117, including 瑞拿頭, Johannes Dornisch, Clemens, Oliver Raduner, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Tauno, Niklaus Gerber, CSS Weekly, ross
medium.com
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Micro-interactions
11+ min · · Or, “What I learned after taking a week off and watching thousands of micro-interaction animations until my eyeballs fell out.” · Shared by 8, including ross
Codrops
Custom Cursor Effects
6 min · · A collection of five demos and a tutorial on how to create animated custom cursor effects for interactive elements like navigations, galleries and carousels. · Shared by 31, including ross
InVision
It’s time to kill the infinite scroll
5 min · · For news websites, the endless scroll encourages bad content and bad business models. Let’s change that. · Shared by 83, including Marin Lorant, Nick Floro, Courtney Bolton ★, Miguel Alvim, Massimiliano Aroffo, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, ross
bestfolios.com
Bestfolios
· The best of UI,UX and product designer portfoio collections and inspirations - curated and updated regularly · Shared by 15, including Mike Taylor, ross
dbanks.design
Documenting Design Tokens
· Shared by 26, including ross, pizza.lottie 🍕, Marius Bleuer, Brad Frost, CarloZen, Michael Zumstein
UX Planet
Top UI/UX Design Agencies — July 2019
8 min · · Find the best user experience (UI/UX) design company. Featuring top UI/UX design agencies from San Francisco (SF), and New York (NYC). · Shared by 13, including ross
InVision
Seriously, you need to start documenting your UX work
5 min · · Check out Sarah Doody’s Career Project Diary, the solution to all of your UX documentation woes. · Shared by 84, including designshard, Gabriele, Matt, Carlos Jonay Suárez Suárez, CSS Weekly, Neil Lee, ross, Courtney Bolton ★
UX Collective
7 little tricks to achieve the best results in UI animation
5 min · · Working effectively with developers · Shared by 36, including Nick Floro, ross