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hidde.blog
How I built a dark mode toggle
hidde.blog
5 min read · Jun 23rd · I added a dark mode toggle to this site. This is how.
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UX Collective
With empathy and compassion for a better user experience?
UX Collective
~11 min read · May 31st · A new approach to improving user experiences.
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rhizomerd.substack.com
When to Design for Emergence
rhizomerd.substack.com
10 min read · Jun 21st · Market applications on the long-tail of user needs
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Nielsen Norman Group
The Dos and Don’ts of Pairing Typefaces
Nielsen Norman Group
5 min read · Jun 20th · When choosing typography to use in designs, narrow down your options by understanding the most common classifications, looking for typefaces with multiple variations and distinct characters, and…
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UX Collective
Laundry Symbols Make No Sense
UX Collective
5 min read · Jun 20th · Here’s a redesigned version
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Nielsen Norman Group
Usability Testing 101 (Video)
Nielsen Norman Group
Jun 15th · UX researchers use this popular method to uncover problems and opportunities in designs.
UX Collective
The mechanics of non-human personas
UX Collective
~16 min read · Jun 5th · How designers can capture the voices that represent non-human living beings.
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andy.works
The World's Most Satisfying Checkbox
andy.works
8 min read · Jun 14th · The Art of Game Feel (a.k.a Juice) in Product Design
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wix-ux.com
Designing the perfect button
wix-ux.com
~13 min read · Jun 16th · Everything you need to know about what makes a button great.
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SitePoint
Web Typography: Establishing a Strong Typographic System
SitePoint
8 min read · Jun 9th · Setting up a new typography system is always a complicated task with literally hundreds of tweakable variables. The best way to save your sanity is a design system that can answers most of those…
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indeed.design
A 4-Step Guide to Using Holistic Heuristics to Drive UX Strategy
indeed.design
4 min read · May 30th · How your team can use mental shortcuts to go beyond usability and build more human-centered products.
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Nielsen Norman Group
Setting UX Roles and Responsibilities in Product Development: The RACI Template
Nielsen Norman Group
7 min read · Jun 6th · Use a flexible responsibility-assignment matrix to clarify UX roles and responsibilities, anticipate team collaboration points, and maintain productivity in product development.
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mynameisjehad.com
How designers can help drive better engineering practices around user interfaces
mynameisjehad.com
2 min read · Jun 7th · Design leaders who want to improve visual design in products should spend as much time advocating for better UI and front end engineering practices as they spend focusing on practices within their…
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Hamburger Footer: Reaching the Bottom of Infinite Scroll
Prototypr 👁️✨
2 min read · Jun 2nd · Infinite-scroll (endlessly scrolling websites) can be annoying when you want to get to the footer section. A common technique is to move the footer to the bottom of the sidebar – Twitter do that...…
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Adrian Roselli 🗯
Keyboard-Only Scrolling Areas
Adrian Roselli 🗯
6 min read · Jun 1st · I have spent a few years banging on about ensuring scrolling areas on a page are accessible to keyboard-only users. This is partly because the term “keyboard” maps to other input types that we distill…
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Nielsen Norman Group
Why So Many Luxury Brands Are Terrible at Ecommerce
Nielsen Norman Group
8 min read · May 30th · Until recently, a lack of digital prioritization and desire to control access have led to sub-par luxury ecommerce experiences. Many luxury brands are struggling to improve.
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insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk
What we’ve learned from one year of Real User Monitoring data on GOV.UK
insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk
4 min read · Jun 14th · We do a deep dive into what we've learned from the Real User Monitoring (RUM) data that we started collecting in June last year.
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medium.com
7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI (Part 1)
medium.com
20+ min read · From 2014 · A non-artsy primer in digital aesthetics
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lawsofux.com
Laws of UX
lawsofux.com
3 min read · From 2018 · 01Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that’s more usable.Learn More
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medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
medium.com
~16 min read · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
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UX Collective
Design Better Forms
UX Collective
5 min read · From 2016 · Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them
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Nielsen Norman Group
UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet
Nielsen Norman Group
8 min read · From 2017 · Understand similarities and differences among empathy maps, customer journey maps, experience maps, and service blueprints.
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medium.com
Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Design
medium.com
7 min read · From 2015 · Life’s too short to build something nobody wants…
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GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
GV
5 min read · From 2015 · The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.
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UX Collective
The State of UX in 2019
UX Collective
20+ min read · From 2017 · From the tools we'll use, to our process, to the behaviors that will change the way we design — here's a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.
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Prototypr 👁️✨
The Most Important Rule in UX Design that Everyone Breaks
Prototypr 👁️✨
9 min read · From 2017 · In Product Design, and Possibly Life Management
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