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How To Communicate Hidden Gestures in Mobile App

Gestures, those little movements of finger and thumb that allow user to interact with an app. Touch interfaces provide many opportunities to use natural gestures like tap, swipe and pinch to get things done, but unlike graphical user interface controls, these interactions are often hidden from users, so unless users

Vibrant Colors For Apps and Sites

Color is one of the most powerful tools in the designer’s toolkit. Color can draw attention, set a mood, influence users’ emotions, perceptions and actions. When it comes to web & mobile app design, this is definitely the time of vibrant colors. Designers use vibrant colors to make people focus

Best Practices for Imagery

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. It takes users just a few seconds to evaluate a new site or app, good designer knows that and try to convey complex stories and ideas visually. This makes images a critical component for connecting with users and converting

Delightful Experience

What is user experience? Many people believe that user experience is all about usability (how a product works). But actually UX is lot more than “ability to use” something, UX is all about feelings. The emotional relationship is what you layer on top of usability in order to create a

Best Practices for Cards

Cards are neat little containers for information. They became almost a default option when it comes to balancing clear aesthetics with simple usability. First introduced by servises like Pinterest and Facebook, today the influence of cards is spreading out across multiple industries. Pinterest introduced the idea that all the most

Best Practices for Microinteractions

Microinteractions are subtle moments centered around accomplishing a single task. Almost all applications around us are filled in with microinteractions. Here are just a few examples: * Confirming an item is added to cart * Use pull-to-refresh [https://babich.biz/pull-to-refresh-ui-pattern/] to update content * Interface animation that confirms an action (e.g.

3 Simple Tips to Improve Your App Icon Design

Every app needs a beautiful and memorable icon that attracts attention both in the app store and on the home screen. At the same time, an app icon should be helpful for your user — it’s meaning should be recognizable immediately. What does it take to make a user-friendly icon

Mobile Design Best Practices

Apps are now a mainstream, trusted way to deliver content and services. But in a crowded market, how does a mobile app become useful, relevant, and valued so it delights and retains users? Here are 7 UX design tips that I think are key for creating really great mobile user

Tooltips in UI Design

Tooltips help users understand unknown or unfamiliar objects that aren’t described directly in the user interface. They are a powerful way to simplify a UI — provide information users need when they need it, with minimal effort on their part, and help app developers use screen space more effectively (reduce

Effective Writing For Your UI: Things to Avoid

Clear, accurate, and concise text makes interfaces more usable and builds trust. Below is a list of 16 things you should avoid in your writing: 1. Jargon Words and Specific Terms Unknown terms or phrases will increase cognitive load for the user. Do your best to avoid ‘geek speak’. A