UX

UX (User Experience) is all about designing the user’s experience, from their first impressions to the lasting relationship they have with your website.

7 Design Myths That Will Wreck Your Site

When I was a junior designer I made plenty of mistakes. I believed false assumptions mostly because I did not have the…

7 Secrets for Designing Great Forms

Almost every website design includes some type of form. From simple email address collection to sign up for a…

How to Use Tooltips as Microinteractions

Tooltips are potentially the best and most efficient approach to onboarding new users to any given app, software,…

How do you know when a design fails a usability test?

A handy technique I learned from the wrong job… Years ago, I spent an awkward patch of my career as an instructional…

4 simple steps for perfect web navigation

From checking movie times, to reading a Photoshop tip, to reviewing the daily news, we can find almost any information…

Context is key for effective UX Design

When designing for UX, it’s the hidden factors that determine whether you solve a problem, or create a new one. I…

5 techniques for fine-tuning UX with color

Color is one of the key elements in any design system. On websites or in apps, color can be used in a variety of ways:…

Boost your UX with text chunking

The majority of the content that website visitors come across on the web is written content, copy or text that either…

5 psychology rules every UX designer must know

Experience-based design…if that’s how you define your work as a designer, it might be a good time to reevaluate your…

5 ways effective UI design promotes UX

A user experience is something that every website offers to those who visit it. However, the experience will differ…

The simple formula for great UX design

We’re in the midst of a digital renaissance. With the rise of startups and transformative tech companies like Apple and…

Cards vs. lists, how they impact UX

Two of the most common ways to organize website content these days is by using cards and lists. Each has its own pros…

26 steps to perfect product design

Over the last four years I’ve been designing dashboards and applications, and I’ve learned how to deal with different…

3 web design errors that just won't die

Web design has come a long, long way since the 1990s, when things like GeoCities and AOL dominated the Internet. Design…

12 UX rules every designer should know

“User experience” is a broad term that gets bandied around at meetings and swapped with “user interface” as if the two…

7 key attributes of a quality UI

User interface design is a hot topic these days and for good reason. In a world where digital experiences are such a…

How great onboarding leads to great UX

Did you know that the term “onboarding” comes from the HR department and refers to new hires acquiring necessary skills…

Prototyping for the web with Framer

Framer is a really powerful tool that can prototype anything you can think of but if you take a look at Framer’s…