A Quick Guide to Great Website Photography
A great photo can transform a webpage. But not just any old photo will do. Finding the right image requires careful consideration. Designers don’t always get to make that decision,…
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Is an English only aria-label better than no aria-label at all for non-English speakers?
We have a set of buttons that have a single icon for the content and no text content. One example, a button in the top left of a modal that has an ‘X’ icon which is an image file. To better communicate the button’s action to those with usi…
Highlighting text replacements
I am making an application where the user can perform multiple replacements after one another (eg. replace all “is” with “was”, all “will” to “would have”).
The problem I am facing UX-wise is how to signify the changes that will happen in…
Comparing user flows for products
I am challenged with presenting 2+ applications & their user flows to my product partners as a bird’s eye view. Some of the steps will be common & some unique to these products. The purpose is to highlight a common step- user valid…
Saving Filter State in an application
Our application has a case where you can filter a list of projects with a checkbox to show only your projects. A few members of our development team have requested that state of that filter remain between navigations. That is, if I click a…
The Four Ways That Freelancers Are Mistreated
There are several ways that clients can mistreat you. We explore four of the more common transgressions, along with ways to combat them.
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The Battle of Freelance Stability vs. Growth
Finding consistent work can be a challenge for freelancers and small agencies. There’s often a feast-or-famine cycle. Either we’re overloaded with projects or are sitting idly, waiting for something to…
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How to show progress bar and percentage value in a compact space?
I need to develop a kind of information dashboard, with a sizable number of widgets like this, to show progress on a bunch of things:
I need to show the percentage value and the percentage complete, which I’m representing here as partia…
What is the best default search order – on a within-site product search?
Sites tend to use ‘most relevant’ (however that’s defined !) as the default search order.
Is this the best default from a users’ point of view – or would another option, like Price (Low>High) be better ?
Using a select for navigation instead of tabs?
Is a select box appropriate to control navigation on a page? For user profiles, I’m considering putting a select box in the header to change views, so a user can select from ‘About’, ‘Calendar’, ‘Contact’ etc. The other option would be to …