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Mobile App UX Design: Making a Great First Impression

Did you know it takes only three to five seconds for someone to form a first impression? And while you might wish that opinion were based on person’s intelligence or experience, most studies show that first impressions are shaped by what can be seen or heard in those initial

Infinite Scrolling Best Practices

Infinite scrolling, sometimes called endless scrolling, is a technique that allowing users to scroll through a massive chunk of content with no finishing-line in sight. This technique simply keeps refreshing a page when you scroll down it. Infinite scrollingThe technique allow user to scroll the list of items *without any

Mobile UX Design: User Errors

‘Errors’ happens. They happen in our apps and they happen in our life. Sometimes they happen because we made mistakes. Sometimes because a system failed. Whatever the cause, these errors — and how they are handled — can have a huge impact on the way user experiences your app. Often overlooked, a

Mobile UX Design: The Right Ways to Ask Users for Permissions

Did you know that the average app loses 80% [http://andrewchen.co/new-data-shows-why-losing-80-of-your-mobile-users-is-normal-and-that-the-best-apps-do-much-better/] of its daily active users within the first 3 days post-install? Most people download an app, open it once, and delete it. This happens because users try out a lot of apps but decide which ones they

Design Patterns: Progressive Disclosure for Mobile Apps

Before we begin, let’s quickly define design patterns. Design patterns were first introduced by Christopher Alexander, an architect and design theorist who noticed that many things in our activities happen according to patterns: patterns describe a problem and then offer a solution. He adapted his observations to his work

Ghost Buttons in UX Design

In 2014, one of the dominant design trends to pass through the UI design world has been the ghost buttons. Ghost buttons are those transparent and empty buttons that have a basic shape form, such as a rectangular or perhaps squared. They are also have titles like “empty”, “naked” or

Radio Buttons UX Design

Radio buttons are an essential element of forms. They are used when there is a list of two or more options that are mutually exclusive and the user must select exactly one choice. In other words, clicking a non-selected radio button will deselect whatever other button was previously selected in

Text Fields in Mobile App

Mobile devices have many challenges when it comes to UX design. One of the most obvious design challenges is dealing with the limited screen real estate during tap input. It is critical that product designers, developer and product managers understand the best ways to make this process really simple for

How to Use Images to Improve Mobile App UX

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Images can be a powerful way to capture users’ attention and differentiate your product. They are more than decoration and have the power to make or break a user experience. The following principles and best practices can help you

Primary & Secondary Action Buttons

A typical site or app form (or dialog box) usually has several options. In most cases users see two options — one stands for a primary to the user’s task and other, which tends to be less utilized, stands for a secondary task (e.g. allow users to retract the