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Breaking UX principles on purpose? No way! However, Snapchat and Netflix didn’t hesitate in doing so. And after all, who says we can’t occasionally break UX guidelines if it’s for the good cause? 

Article by Kumar Shubham
How Snapchat and Netflix Break UX Design Principles
  • The author takes a look at how Snapchat and Netflix purposefully break UX guidelines to achieve specific goals.
  • Real user experience is all about understanding your customers’ needs and implementing solutions that meet their expectations.
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How Snapchat and Netflix Break UX Design Principles

Design tokens aren’t just something that you can easily retrofit into your existing wardrobe. They require an entirely new way of thinking and working. Learn how to start thinking in design tokens by completely changing the way you work with design systems.

Article by Mark Cianfrani
Design Token Thinking
  • Design tokens require an entirely new way of thinking and working.
  • Designers can be documenting their design system, but the documentation will always be a step behind their design file.
  • The author unpacks the idea of an alternative design system and names it “the way of the future.”
  • Design tokens need to become a primary method for how you talk about and interact with your design system, both internally and externally.
  • In the end, you can get a design system that is:
    1. Future proof
    2. Accessible
    3. Able to be easily changed.
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When users are accustomed to using a pattern, even a minor change in that pattern can be very expensive in performance terms.

Article by Shay Ben-Barak
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Card decks are an enduring tool with the power to transform digital and physical experiences by helping designers reorganize their thoughts and inspiring new interfaces

Article by Stephanie Gioia
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While it’s wise to strive for simplicity in product design, the ultimate goals should be ease and clarity of use.

Article by John Boykin
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