Article No. 1106 | October 7, 2013
A survey of mobile testing tools for unmoderated usability studies finds products and features that suit many different design needs.
Article No. 1104 | October 3, 2013
Looking at skeuomorphs as cultural affordances shows how they can leverage past experiences to help users understand something new.
Article No. 1103 | October 2, 2013
A closer look at the Design for Experience awards category: Interaction Design Innovation
Article No. 1102 | October 2, 2013
Embracing the messiness and complexity of the systems, users, and contexts we're designing for can yield flexible future-proofed products.
Article No. 1101 | October 1, 2013
By looking at the role psychology plays in the workplace, we can create designs that give people a sense of purpose, enhancing creativity and productivity.
Article No. 1098 | September 26, 2013
A survey of mobile testing tools for moderated usability studies finds products and features that suit many different design needs.
Article No. 1097 | September 25, 2013
A remote usability test of the tablet web experience of four major U.S. fashion brands shows that users like options, product info, and an easy-to-follow return policy.
Article No. 1094 | September 23, 2013
A closer look at the Design for Experience awards category: Promoting Empathy For Users
Article No. 1093 | September 23, 2013
Thoughtful inspection of qualitative and quantitative data allows UX professionals to glean genuine insight on user behavior from reams of big data.
Article No. 1091 | September 19, 2013
In interviews, the experience design leaders at Groupon, eBay, and Lumension share their views of UX and agree it still has some growing to do.
Article No. 1090 | September 18, 2013
A closer look at the Design for Experience awards category: Bridging Digital and Physical Experiences.
Article No. 1088 | September 17, 2013
The official site for the international Design for Experience awards is live and nominations are underway!
Article No. 1086 | September 12, 2013
Our everyday encounters with with good and bad experiences can be leveraged as part of an ongoing UX education.
Article No. 1080 | September 3, 2013
Designing large software products requires a living library of the project's diverse elements and visual standards, enter the enterprise UI toolkit .
Article No. 1079 | August 29, 2013
An excerpt from Why We Fail, a new book from Rosenfeld Media, chronicles the design, limited release, and failure of Google Wave.
Article No. 1077 | August 26, 2013
Heidegger's ideas about goal orientation make a case for middle ground between visible and invisible interfaces.
Article No. 1076 | August 22, 2013
A look at the two primary uses of AI—"instrumental" and "affective"—that significantly boost the UX of a product.
Article No. 1075 | August 21, 2013
Among other things, getting involved with UX organizations can help you network, expose you to broader UX culture, and give you the opportunity to share your experience.
Article No. 1069 | August 8, 2013
The rise of mobile technology has made traditional websites obsolete and the winning designs of the future will be immersive experiences with rich narratives.
Article No. 1059 | July 23, 2013
Design should be supportive of users, but as design collides with sales and marketing, manipulative techniques are wielded with other goals in mind.
Article No. 1056 | July 17, 2013
An experimental project for DrupalCon Portland becomes an opportunity to create a whimsical and useful event app that users will still remember after the conference ends.
Article No. 1055 | July 16, 2013
When it comes to privacy issues, you need to build trust with users—here are seven actions that engender transparency and control.
Article No. 1053 | July 10, 2013
The human brain is built to create associations between things it encounters and, depending on how they are approached, these associations can hinder or elevate a design.
Article No. 1052 | July 9, 2013
The best UIs get out of the way and let the experience shine—clear design standards make such interface designs possible.
