Design Tools and Software

Storyboarding in the Software Design Process

Agile and Iterative Process, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Flow and Immersion, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Personas, Prototypes, Research Methods and Techniques, Sketching, Storytelling, User Reported Feedback, Visual Design

Storyboarding can strengthen the user experience elements of your designs, and software for building prototypes from those sketches can be an invaluable tool.

Article by Ambrose Little

February 8, 2013

8 min read

Designing In and Around the Windows 8 Ecosystem

Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Digital Publishing and eBooks, Flow and Immersion, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Product design, Tablet, Technology, Touch

The unique features and attributes of Windows 8 present designers with opportunities to mature the OS and help users learn its ins and outs.

Article by Tiffany Chow

February 4, 2013

6 min read

The Cloud is Hazy for Automotive UX

Automotive, Cloud Computing, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Design Tools and Software, Development, Eye tracking, Gestures, Global Products and Localization, Heuristics, Input devices, Internal Company Systems and Intranets, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Privacy and Data Security, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Prototypes, Research Methods and Techniques, Usability, User Acceptance Testing, Voice & Natural Language

Where user experience in cars is concerned, there are distinct advantages and disadvantages to moving systems to the cloud.

Article by Steve Tengler

January 24, 2013

6 min read

Win This Book! Designing the Search Experience: The information architecture of discovery

Browsers, Contests and Giveaways, Design, Design Theory, Design Tools and Software, Google, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Technology, Product design, Search, SEO, and SEM, Tablet, Technology, UX Education, Web, Yahoo!

Answer a question and enter to win a book

Article by UX Magazine Staff

January 16, 2013

3 min read

Re-Introducing Page Description Diagrams

Business Value and ROI, Data visualization, Design, Design Tools and Software, Flow and Immersion, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Microsoft, Mobile Technology, Product design, Project Management, Requirements and Specifications, Research Tools and Software, Sketching, Vendor-Client Relationships, Wireframes, Working With Stakeholders, Workshops and Brainstorming

A useful blast from the past, PDDs let you work with clients to organize site priorities without muddling design.

Article by Colin Butler, Andrew Wirtanen

January 9, 2013

7 min read

Tinkering in the Model Shop

Data visualization, Design, Design Theory, Design Tools and Software, Development, Gaming, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Motion and Animation, Research Methods and Techniques

UX practitioners can learn valuable skills for complex projects from scientific models—which often take cues from user experience design.

Article by Hunter Whitney

December 19, 2012

8 min read

Design Tools and Software

Storyboarding in the Software Design Process