Article No. 1945 | July 15, 2021
How common is it to leave the usability testing for later and then skip it because of lack of time? Although it sounds easy to do, such an approach can result in additional costs and efforts at a later stage. In this article, the author explains how to carry out a quick and efficient usability test that will save you the hassle.
Article No. 1932 | June 10, 2021
Xeropan is a pedagogical game built by teachers of English as a foreign language. By playing, learners can get a level of instruction and results that are usually only possible in a real-life classroom. While In 2018 the UX of this app was enhanced, this time the focus was on the UI and visual storytelling.
Article No. 1893 | February 19, 2021
Cooking lovers came together to build an app to help reinforce cooking skill-sets for busy people that want to cook at home. They believe that they can improve people’s lives by making mobile cooking education available for individuals with professional lifestyles.
Article No. 1891 | February 16, 2021
A UX Design Case Study on Bumble BFF and making friends during a pandemic
Article No. 1878 | January 13, 2021
User experience is about understanding people, their wants, needs, expectations, and predicting them. But, as a UX designer, you have the power to manage user experience and create a product in a way that will guide a consumer to the result you expect. That’s exactly what we are going to focus on today. We will discuss 5 cognitive psychology theories that can contribute to UX design quality and help you create the experience you want your customers to have.
Article No. 1868 | December 23, 2020
Micro-interactions provide feedback to the user by letting them know the status of an interaction, like a loading bar. Helping users see direct, real-time results of their interactions enhance the sense of direct manipulation to which users respond favorably — when they press a button, they immediately know action has been triggered, giving a sense of control.
Article No. 1846 | November 11, 2020
Our goal was set: evaluate our app in a real-life context. But how? You can never know how your users will use the app in real-life situations. Intercept offers quick and relatively easy evaluation – combine with longer studies to the best results.
Article No. 1845 | November 10, 2020
We need street-level, people-centered perspectives that inform how our cities are designed. This is where equity human-centered design and ethical technologies can be harnessed to champion urbanism in service of people — not cars, politicians, or planners.
Article No. 1842 | November 3, 2020
How can we identify opportunities to design for more inclusion, equity, and even joy in everyday life of our cities? The team realized that the studio was not just about community design, but was also about becoming a community of support to each other and larger surroundings during this challenging time.
Article No. 1835 | October 6, 2020
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
Article No. 1825 | September 14, 2020
Why is Amazon so addictive? One important point to consider is Amazon Prime is a predictable, expected and usable product.
Article No. 1819 | September 1, 2020
Article No. 1772 | June 11, 2020
While all services have layers, some components of the service are more like connective tissue — they hold the layers together. Things like technology, privacy, or accessibility aren’t plug-and-play components, but a vital part of what makes a service good for users.
Article No. 1746 | April 23, 2020
The creative process and decision making behind the filter.
Article No. 1732 | March 25, 2020
Explore different notification models and when to use which
Article No. 1711 | January 29, 2020
When people with disabilities can’t access a website like others can, they naturally feel excluded. Given our ever-increasing dependence on technology, no one should feel irrelevant or isolated from technology.
Article No. 1694 | November 28, 2017
Much of the day-to-day work of UX design focuses on optimizing manual, paper-based processes through the use of technology. Human-computer interaction makes an effective partnership in which the outcome produced is greater than sum of the individual efforts.
Article No. 1673 | February 17, 2017
We are happy to announce the winners of the 2016 UX Magazine Awards. This program recognizes excellence in products, teams, and services, and aims to bring valuable lessons from these leading examples of mastery in UX to the broader community. See the list of winners below and check out uxmag.com in coming months for a more detailed articles of every winning entry!
Article No. 1627 | May 27, 2016
The premise behind why the chatbots of today are not up to par is largely due to the older paradigm of using keywords as a way of understanding what customers are asking.
Article No. 1608 | April 25, 2016
We need to improve on uncovering the true things that make people like movies. And we need to honor users’ expectations and provide a seamless, easy experience for them.
Article No. 1605 | April 19, 2016
Visual design is not all there is to design, but it's an important part of a well-thought-out product.
Article No. 1604 | April 18, 2016
For an enterprise product to achieve the greatest success, companies should deliver an experience for users that meets the same standards evident in consumer products.
Article No. 1595 | April 1, 2016
We talk with UserZoom CEO Alfonso de la Nuez about the importance of user testing, how to recruit panelists, and why research is an inspiration.
Article No. 1594 | March 30, 2016
LinkedIn’s messaging center recently shook up the function of the return key, causing users to make errors and feel apprehensive about future usage of the chat feature.
