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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

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

How to Use Animation to Improve UX

Motion tells stories. Not long and complicated stories, but simple stories, like “hey, you need to look at this now” or “hurrah, your operation has just competed successfully.” However, the goal of animations isn’t entertaining the user, but rather they are helping the user understand what’s going on

Visual Dividers in Mobile UI Design

Designing an app may seem easy at first glance, but when you actually get to start prototyping it, things get complicated. What at first seemed simple started to get complex when you realize that it’s not so easy to make a choice how to design a certain element. Even

Designing a User-Friendly Homepage Carousel

Carousels, image rotators, sliders, featured content modules, whatever you want to call them — they’re everywhere on the web. Carousels are hugely popular on e-commerce sites, especially on the homepage. Most of e-commerce sites have a carousel on the homepage of their desktop site: Wallmart has a carousel on the

How to Craft Effective Registration

Even though registration is so common thing, it’s also one of the trickiest parts to design. Make sure that your sign up page isn’t an obstacle to your users by following these tips for designing a better registration process. 1. Don’t Use ‘Sign In’ and ‘Sign Up’

Designing Perfect Text Field: Clarity, Accessibility and User Effort

For any app or web application, nothing will ever happen without some initial and ongoing input from the user. It is, therefore, critical that product designers, developer and product managers understand the best ways to allow them to do so. In this article we’ll examine key factors that improve