Mobile web app, "tab bar", useable or too obtrusive to bottom native browser controls?
I’ve never seen a case of someone using a tab bar in a mobile web app, but I think the idea has some merit.
I can understand that the actions may be hard to click because they’d be right above the native browser’s controls, …
Designing for Android (with zero Android experience and no Android device)
I was recently commissioned to wireframe, prototype and GUI design an Android app. While I am highly experienced with UI/UX/GUI design for mobile iOS apps, I have very limited experience designing for Android, and I don’t eve…
What to show while a game is loading?
I would like to know what is the best solution to show while a game is loading?
Do you think just showing a loading bar is enough, or is entertaining with a mini-game, like snake, the better solution?
To be more precise: It…
What do UX designers do?
Unfortunately the answer is that many UX designers don’t do UX anymore.
User Experience Designing is the designing of the whole user experience, and the confusion happens when people confuse design with visual design. Design is a process that may have multiple outputs, many of which are non visual.
What a User Experience Designer should do is architect a solution through user research, workshops, team work and through using a diverse tool set of skills, such as information architecture and content strategy. They should know why the project does what it does and why it does it from a users perspective.
Traditionally, and for good reason, a good UXer will hand across a set of blueprints (wireframes etc) for implementation specialists to work from. Implementation specialists include developers (front and back) and visual designers.
Also UX does not mean just web! If a person is a UX designer who does not user research, goes straight to code and visual design and only works in web then they are not a UX designer but a Web Designer.
In short – a lot of UX designers out there don’t do much UX.
Why do modern keyboards have Scroll Lock?
The Scroll Lock key is useless in the modern day, and some higher-end keyboards don’t even have it:
Same can be said for the Pause and Break keys, but however it pauses the BIOS POST output on many computers, so it’s a use…
Why do modern keyboards have Scroll Lock?
The Scroll Lock key is useless in the modern day, and some higher-end keyboards don’t even have it:
Same can be said for the Pause and Break keys, but however it pauses the BIOS POST output on many computers, so it’s a use…
Checkbox vs toggle
There’s a constant debate on checkbox vs toggle.
Personally, as an iPhone and Mac owner, I’m still very confused every time when I see the toggle. I often ask ask myself, “The ‘on’ is on the left, does that mean I have to …
Is Axure RP the best tool for UX out there?
No. Axure is buggy and difficult to learn.
UX Pin is now the best tool out there, even if less capable for programming complexe interactions.
The “Create new iteration” feature alone makes it superior to Axure. (picture bellow).
One button for two actions
I have a comparison site. On the landing page there are two text boxes which are used for products to be compared, and a button to trigger “compare”.
If a visitor fills these two boxes, products are compared according to the…
Focus the user on save screen, or still show preview?
In my 3 screens below, I’ve shown the edit, review and save screens. These screens are part of a 4 stage process.
On the final screen (save), instead of the interface having a new screen, a sidebar slide animates in on the …