Mobile app UI environment in an interaction model
Working on animation and interaction for an eCommerce app, what should I consider when using how variables like springiness, friction, elasticity.
How will various combinations of these effect to the overall experience of t…
Suggest ways to display diff data for code snippets on a timeline
The overall goal of what I am trying to do is, I am trying to allow the visitor to view the ‘lifecycle’ of how one snippet of code has evolved over time. They should be able to quickly see how the snippet changes each step of…
How to find community feedback sites for web design and user experience critiques? [on hold]
One of the ways I improve my website design and good user usability skills is by looking at other people’s critiques on websites. I used to like Concept Feedback but it has closed down.
How do I find similar sites?
(Please …
Why do app icons on force touch popups not appear consistently in the same left or right spot
On the iOS home screen, if I force touch on the second icon the popup icon stays on the left side of label. If I force touch on the fourth icon the popup icon stays on the right side of label.
Why does Apple move the icon fr…
feature prioritization
I want to prioritize a list of features that our customer facing application does not currently have. I’ve first taken a look at our CSR call data to discover what services our customers call-in most to complete because they …
Diving into the world of infotainment and looking for any research on moving from the phone to the infotainment stack?
Part Two:
Moving from the phone (starting point) to the vehicle (drivetime) and back again (upon arrival)
Unicode symbol for orthogonal tesselation
We are considering adding another symbol to our programming language. Our philosophy is to use mnemonic symbols instead of keywords. For example, ⍉ means”transpose”, while ⊣ and⊢ mean “left-side” and “right-side”.
What Unicode glyphs would indicate the act of cutting a data array into orthogonal pieces?
Example:
┌────────────────────┐
│ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7│
│ 8 9 10 11 12 13 14│
│15 16 17 18 19 20 21│
│22 23 24 25 26 27 28│
│29 30 31 32 33 34 35│
└────────────────────┘
┌─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──┐
│ 1 2│ 2 3│ 3 4│ 4 5│ 5 6│ 6 7│ 7│
│ 8 9│ 9 10│10 11│11 12│12 13│13 14│14│
│15 16│16 17│17 18│18 19│19 20│20 21│21│
├─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼──┤
│15 16│16 17│17 18│18 19│19 20│20 21│21│
│22 23│23 24│24 25│25 26│26 27│27 28│28│
│29 30│30 31│31 32│32 33│33 34│34 35│35│
├─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼─────┼──┤
│29 30│30 31│31 32│32 33│33 34│34 35│35│
└─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──┘
Why does the prototyping day of the Design Sprint suck for the team?
OK, we just ran our first (Google Ventures) Design Sprint according to Jake Knapp’s et. al. “Sprint” book. It was a very productive and overall pleasant event.
Putting on my meta UX hat, I handed out questionnaires at the en…
Developing a Crisis Communication Strategy
We live in a world of 24/7 media coverage. Traditional media, bloggers, and social media influencers all scrutinize every PR move. Most days, marketers try desperately to catch their attention, and the rest of the organization needs to be prepared to handle that attention when a crisis hits. The UX Booth editorial team takes a look at who’s doing it well, who’s doing it poorly, and what we can all learn.
What is the default or accepted convention for swipe gestures on mobile application
It seem like some applications provide clear labels, icons and call-to-actions that indicate the outcome of swiping gestures while other mobile applications seem to assume a convention or informs the user after they discover …