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The short answer is “yes”, but it is not as straight forward as that; not all web designers need to be UX designers or UI designers, but they should all have some sort of basic UX understanding since
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One of the biggest clashes in design has been the question of whether to strip down your landing page to the point where it’s so minimal that it has no navigation at all. Proponents argue that the onl
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Charles Eames said, “The details are not the details. They make the design.” A website is a composite of details—and its content is communicated through them. Whether designed to provide information o
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If you’re in the process of creating a website or application, and run into a problem, it’s important to stop and take a step back. As well as looking beautiful and functioning effectively, a product
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User testing doesn’t have to be difficult at all. I’m going to talk about three lean research methods that are neither extensive nor expensive to carry out but will in turn provide you with valuable f
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You may have heard that “conversational interfaces” are the new hot trend in digital product design. Industry leaders such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook are strongly focussed on bui
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Let’s cut the crap: your site isn’t broken, it just feels broken.You’ve got no 500 errors, the checkout works, buttons click—but somehow, using it is like death by a thousand papercuts.You know what I
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Few things in this world strike terror into the hearts of men (and women) quite like performing in front of a live audience. Thankfully, our computers and websites have no such qualms, and now they ha
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When it comes to web design, most of us know that first impressions are critical. But what about the subtle, often overlooked details—things like the way text is formatted?Does how you present text on
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If you are unfamiliar with the term, a modal is a dialogue window appearing when a visitor clicks on a hyperlink or hover image.Suppose you want to collect on-site subscribers or you want visitors to
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One of the most common pieces of writing advice out there is “know your audience.” Choosing to appeal to either middle-aged lawyers or college freshmen will alter everything from approach, to tone, to
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Affordance is a term originally coined by a psychologist, J.J. Gibson, in the 1970s. He defined it as the relationship between an environment and an actor. Today, affordance extends beyond behavioral
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