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4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them

January 21, 2019 by Alex Fox

The easiest way to observe bad user interfaces is by keeping your eyes open. Every time you order something online, every time you visit a new website, every time you fill in a form, purchase a product or publish a post, think about how you’re being asked to perform that task. Where are the buttons […]

Filed Under: Design, UX Tagged With: Design, user experience, user interface

A Guide to Getting Ready for iOS 12 Notifications for Designers

September 25, 2018 by Alex Fox

Now that iOS 12 is out and some users have upgraded to the operating system, you’ll want to start revising your application to take advantage of the new features of iOS 12 notifications. What’s new in iOS 12 Notifications? iOS 12 brings a number of changes to how notifications work. While no single change completely […]

Filed Under: Design, Uncategorized Tagged With: Design, ios, ios ui, ui, user interface

Best Practices For Website Footer Design

September 17, 2018 by Alex Fox

Almost everything in website design has changed over time, but the core elements have always remained the same. There’s a header, navigation, a body, and a footer. But what’s a website footer for? Is it truly necessary, in 2018, to run a footer on your site? Why should I have a website footer anyway? Nothing […]

Filed Under: Design, Uncategorized Tagged With: user interface, web design

7 Key Factors In Interviewing Users for UX Surveys

August 20, 2018 by Alex Fox

When it comes down to it, you need to find out if your design works for the end user. That’s what usability testing is all about. As a designer, you live in a small bubble, intimately familiar with the design, fluent enough to navigate complex menus with ease. But will the user attain the same […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized, UX Tagged With: ui, Usability, user experience, user interface, ux

Creating Smooth User Pathways With Your UX

July 30, 2018 by Alex Fox

As a web designer, it’s easy to jump right in to the visual part of web design. We start messing with templates and wireframing pages right away, excited to start a new project. But that’s really the last step of the process. First, we need to think about how our users will progress through the […]

Filed Under: UX Tagged With: user interface, ux, ux design

The Hamburger Menu Is Stupid and Worth Killing

May 28, 2018 by Alex Fox

If you don’t know what the “hamburger menu” is, it’s a mobile app design icon used to indicate the presence of a hidden menu. The familiar icon includes three horizontal lines of equal length stacked on top of each other, representing an abstracted, flattened hamburger in its most basic elements. Its cutesy name has stuck […]

Filed Under: Design, UX Tagged With: app design, Navigation Menus, user experience, user interface, web design

Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications

May 21, 2018 by Alex Fox

Notifications are a crucial part of any app. Not only are they a key part of keeping users engaged with your application: many apps require notifications for their basic functionality. You won’t have much of an email app, for example, if you don’t have notifications. But the line between good notifications and bad notifications is […]

Filed Under: Design, UX Tagged With: Design, mobile, mobile apps, user experience, user interface

Building Effective Navigation Menus

April 9, 2018 by Alex Fox

Designing effective navigation menus should be a core competency of any decent web designer. A good navigation menu will be short, well-organized, sufficiently descriptive and effective at corralling user intent. There no secret recipe involved: it comes down to empathy for the user and understanding of their intentions.

Filed Under: Tutorial, UX Tagged With: navigation, Navigation Menus, ui, user interface, ux, web design

How to Write Helpful User Tutorials and Onboarding Guides

January 22, 2018 by Alex Fox

Writing user tutorials is essential to launching any new software project. But writing helpful user tutorials requires a careful hand, with a correct understanding of the user’s needs and expectations. With a solid foundation of empathy and understanding, we can build user tutorials that will educate our users without losing their attention or going over […]

Filed Under: Tutorial Tagged With: how to, tutorials, ui, user experience, user interface

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