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The Most Important Color In UI Design

As you probably already guessed this article is dedicated to blue color. Without a doubt, blue is one of the most important colors in UI design, and one of the most frequent. Just look at your smartphone app icons, and you’ll see that a lot of them are blue:

When To Use a Hamburger Menu

Oh, the hamburger menu. An icon of three stacked lines (two buns and the meat in the middle) used to represent a menu. Clicking/Tapping on the icon reveals available navigation options. A lot of posts have been written about the hamburger menu, mostly by designers, arguing against it. If

When Friction In Design Is Good For UX

Friction raises negative thoughts in most designer’s minds. When you ask designers about friction, most of them will tell you that friction damages a UX because it slows down interactions, reduces conversions, and impedes progress. Today frictionless design is the new business goal. Designers seem to be obsessed with

10 Simple Tips to Improve User Testing

Testing is a fundamental part of the UX designer’s job and a core part of the overall UX design process. It’s a great way to eliminate problems or user difficulties that were unforeseen in the design phase. 1. Test As Early As You Can The earlier you test,

The Power Of Whitespace

Whitespace (or “negative space”) is an empty space between and around elements of a page. Although many may consider it a waste of valuable screen estate, whitespace is an essential element in design: > “Whitespace is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background” — Jan Tschichold Today, I’

10 Tips On Typography in Web Design

Communication plays a vital role in design —it’s essential to establish a clear connection between the website and user and to help your users accomplish their goals. When we talk about communication in web design context, we usually mean text. Typography plays a vital role in this process: > More

Essential Color Tools for UX Designers

Color is one of the most powerful tools in the designer’s toolkit. At the same time, color is a tricky concept to master — with an infinite number of possible color combinations out there, it can be hard to decide what colors to use on your site or app. To

Z-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

It is easy to imagine every user excitedly reading every letter you write. Get over it, because users don’t do that. They scan. > Users don’t read web pages, they scan. Scanning means they only stop to read when something catches their eye. As a designer, you have a

Floating Action Button in UX Design

Floating Action Button (FAB) is a very commonly used control in Android apps. Shaped like a circled icon floating above the UI, it’s a tool for designers to call out the key parts of the app’s product story. FAB is quite simple and easy to implement UI element,

Storyboarding in UX Design

In user experience design we’re familiar with user research techniques like workshops and interviews. We synthesise our research into user stories and process flows. We communicate our thinking and solutions to our teams with artefacts like personas and wireframes. But somewhere in all of this lies the real people