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10 quotes from a bad UX designer

There are a lot of articles on the internet on how to spot a good UX designer. This article is different. In this article, I want to talk about how to spot a really bad designer. Here are ten quotes that help you detect a terrible designer. > "I'm UX designer,

6 Common Pitfalls When Prototyping

It's hard to imagine a modern product design process without prototyping and testing. By following a technique > Show, don't tell many product teams use prototypes today to sell or test ideas. At the same time, quite often product teams fall into traps that reduce the effectiveness of their prototyping efforts.

3 Common Ways To Use Illustrations in UI Design

A picture is worth a thousand words. Since the beginning of time, people know that a complex idea can be conveyed with just a single still image. A big part of our brain is devoted for visual processing. Some researchers even claim that over 90% of the information people process

16 Rules of Effective UX Writing

UX writing is the practice of crafting UI copy that guides users within a product and helps them interact with it. UI copy includes buttons and menu labels, error messages, security notes, terms and conditions, as well as any instructions on product usage. The primary aim of UX writing is

7 Basic Rules for Button Design

Buttons are an essential element of interaction design. They have a primary role in the conversation between a user and the system. In this article, I’ll review seven basic principles you need to know to create effective buttons. 1. Make buttons look like buttons When it comes to interacting

Animated Transitions in Mobile Apps

Animation is a big part of user experience. When it comes to transitions in mobile apps, there are a lot of things you can communicate very subtly with animation. Send the message, open Settings, check the box, navigate to another page — these are all moments of change. Animating a transition

Do’s and Don’ts of Web Design

Web design is a tricky subject. There are a lot of things you should consider when creating a website. In order to simplify this task, I’ve prepared a list of do’s and don’ts principles every web designer should take into account. And the good news is that

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