Getting Started With VR Interface Design
The virtual realm is uncharted territory for many designers. In the last few years, we’ve witnessed an explosion in virtual reality (VR) hardware and app…
Fixed width for buttons or proportional with the text?
What is the best practice for a UI, to make all the similar buttons with a fixed-width, no matter how long is the text (with the condition to fit) or make the width proportional with the text and add the same padding?
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Mobile-First Is Just Not Good Enough: Meet Journey-Driven Design
In a recent sales meeting for a prospective healthcare client, our team at Mad*Pow found ourselves answering an all-too-familiar question. We had covered…
Form navigation mental model
If an user comes from Windows based software, where in forms you navigate through the inputs with enter key and save by ctrl+s, to browser based software where the default navigation is done with the tab key and save with enter, what can I…
Redesigning The Paris Metro Map
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When I first visited Paris, it took me a while to get oriented and put together a route using the official map of the Paris metro. That’s all it took to spark the flame inside me to redraw it according to an entirely different set of principles. The goal was extremely ambitious, but why not try?
In this article, I will attempt to describe the principal solutions involved in the development of my own version of the Paris metro map. But for a moment, I’ll just jump ahead to the result.
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Is it a "Natural language" form a good practice?
A good UX for a form is one that makes it easy and fast to use.
An experimental form like this, that uses natural language instead of the usual form display seems to be simple to use and creative, but is this enough intuitive?
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Which is faster to fill-out: Paper or digital forms? [closed]
We are wondering which of the two are faster to fill out for walk-in customers who wants to sign-up for a class.
PAPER:
Pros:
Forms can be distributed to many customers and they can fill this out simultaneously.
Cons:
What’s written on …
More Than Just Pretty: How Imagery Drives User Experience
As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Human beings are highly visual creatures who are able to process visual information almost ins…
Request invite to closed web app – what information to ask for?
Our site is a closed service where users request an invitation to access the site. We are primarily looking for producers and makers to join to share information about their products, stories & track the supply chain of their products…
How Functional Animation Helps Improve User Experience
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Since humans are visually driven creatures, the impact of imagery only increases with the help of animation. Our eyes innately pay attention to moving objects, and animation is like eye candy — catchy and bright elements that call attention to and help differentiate an app from its competitors.
As of late, more and more designers are incorporating animation as a functional element that enhances the user experience. Animation is no longer just for delight; it is one of the most important tools for successful interaction.
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