lawsofux.com
Laws of UX
3 min · · 01Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that’s more usable.Learn More · Shared by 1285, including Balaji, Tamara Sredojevic, Artnome, Susan Dybbs, Adham Dannaway, Josep M. Ganyet, Stef Walter, Fabricio Teixeira, designshard, Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, Yazeed Al Oyoun, Oliver Pitsch, Philip Junker, Scott Berkun, Chris Coyier, Data Science Renee, 🎆 🌸 Samuel Hulick 🌸 🌄, Casey Smith, Curadoria | Update or Die!, Nick Finck
UX Collective
Design Better Forms
5 min · · Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them · Shared by 1126, including Christoph Janz 🇺🇦🎗🕊, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Chris Messina, Fabricio Teixeira, Dominik Grolimund, Mark Kaigwa, Courtney Bolton ★, Brent Summers, Matthias Sala, Greg Meyer, Luca Hammer, Casey Smith, Dennis Lembrée, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Susan Weinschenk PhD, Alligator.io 🐊, Web Axe, Zain Fathoni, Parin Vachhani, Easy Chirp
blog.superhuman.com
How to design delightful dark themes
10 min · · Dark themes are the latest trend in app design. Here we share how to design dark themes that are readable, balanced, and delightful! · Shared by 349, including Jake Wharton, andrew chen, Val Head, Helmi, Veerle Pieters, Oliver Raduner, five5star // Design Graphique, Luca Longo, Brad Engel, David Hellmann, Marc Zenger, Дмитрий Кобец, CSS Weekly, Chris Messina
UX Collective
Introducing Mercury OS
20+ min · · A speculative vision of the operating system, driven by humane design principles. · Shared by 324, including Gio Tiongson, Rick Powell, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Chris Messina, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, KOstas, Niklaus Gerber, Gabriele, Bill Johnston, Marius Bleuer, Herbert Bay, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, @benp sur mastodon.social, Sachin Rekhi, Simone Corsi 💻🚀, Hugo Londoño, Philippe Surber, Esther Schindler, Oliver Raduner, Linus Basig
medium.com
Designing Dark Mode
5 min · · How we’re crafting Dark Mode experiences across Microsoft 365 that adapt to your daily flow · Shared by 241, including David Hellmann, Courtney Bolton ★, Mark Kaigwa, Alex 🌚, Veerle Pieters, sascha aßbach, CSS Weekly, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Mary Jo Foley, Stefan Noll, Kunal Bhatia, Yvette Dubel, Dominic Grzbielok, tcherno
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
medium.com
The Obvious UI is Often the Best UI
8 min · · Design clear interactions instead clever ones, and users will follow · Shared by 194, including luis antónio santos, Mark Kaigwa, Val Head, Jess 🇺🇦, Steven Sinofsky, Gabriele, tcherno, laugri, Dion Almaer, Marius Bleuer, Phú Trần, Niklaus Gerber, Johannes Dornisch, Luke Wroblewski, Stefan Weber
UX Collective
The 6 design principles of Don Norman
13+ min · · Don Norman’s design principles are hugely important for any UX designer or Product… · Shared by 190, including Mark Kaigwa, Christian P. Stobbe, Victor Lee, Jansnet, Tom Connor, Johannes Dornisch, Niklaus Gerber, Matthias Lampe
designsmarts.co
The problem with dropdown fields (and what you should use instead)
7 min · · The dropdown is often used in a way that makes user input more difficult. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using them. · Shared by 178, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jacob du Toit, Benoist Lawniczak, Harsha Mv, Jochen Burkhard, Matt, Gabriele, Oliver Raduner, David Teodorescu, Esther Schindler, Josep M. Ganyet, tcherno, CSS Weekly, Steven Sinofsky
Google Design
People + AI Guidebook
17+ min · · A toolkit for teams building human-centered AI products. · Shared by 158, including Arin Basu, Beto Esquivel, Mark Kaigwa, Thomas Telandro, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Kirk Borne, Tregg 🤘, Daniel Boos, René Clausen Nielsen, Andreas Bossard, 瑞拿頭, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Oscar MacDonald, Jeff Heuer, Josep M. Ganyet, Lluís Codina, Pete Skomoroch, Mattia Fregola 🤔
UX Collective
The world needs a tech diet; here is how designers can help
· It’s time we bridge the gap between feel-good Design & Ethics panels and the work we do everyday as digital product designers. · Shared by 154, including Niklaus Gerber, Chris Messina, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Lucas Foster, Jonas Hartmann, UX Design Weekly, Kat, Daniel Bentes, Victor Tolosa, David Teodorescu, Mo Yajouri, Michelle Boisson, Thomas Power, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Fabricio Teixeira
Nielsen Norman Group
Sympathy vs. Empathy in UX
6 min · · The majority of UX professionals practice sympathy instead of empathy for their users. · Shared by 143, including UX Design Weekly, Leslie D, Oscar MacDonald, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Jacob Cass, David Teodorescu, Victor Tolosa
UX Movement
The Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility
14+ min · · There's a growing demand for designers to make their interfaces accessible to all users. It's important to accommodate users with disabilities... · Shared by 141, including Adrian Roselli (no blue check) 🗯, tcherno, Marius Bleuer, Victor Tolosa, Andreas Bossard, bouiboui, David Hellmann, Joe Lencioni, Fabricio Teixeira, pizza.lottie 🍕, Kontour Design Studio, #MuskOut (not parody), Benoist Lawniczak, Massimiliano Aroffo, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, KOstas, fantastic ms., David Teodorescu
Nielsen Norman Group
Cancel vs Close: Design to Distinguish the Difference
6 min · · Distinguishing between close and cancel is critical to avoiding losing users’ work. · Shared by 112, including Nick Floro, Courtney Bolton ★, Julien Bilger, Jonathan Kogan, sascha aßbach, Matthias Lampe, Oliver Raduner, Victor Tolosa, CSS Weekly
A List Apart
Daily Ethical Design
10 min · · There’s no shortage of content, manifestos, and opinions these days on how design can be evil. But if they’ve left you feeling more frustrated than empowered, wishing for practical, rea… · Shared by 101, including zeldman, Tamara Sredojevic, Gabriele, Mark Kaigwa, Nick Floro, Niklaus Gerber, Jessel Sookha, Oscar MacDonald, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, UX Design Weekly
Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
Bottom Navigation Pattern On Mobile Web Pages: A Better Alternative? — Smashing Magazine
9 min · · As our phones are getting bigger, we need to adjust how we build and design our websites. Is there something to learn from app design and tap bars? Can we fix the mobile navigation of our websites to… · Shared by 98, including Benoist Lawniczak, Joe Lencioni, sascha aßbach, Cory Lebson, George Waititu, CSS Weekly