Tag: Ux
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Introduction to utility-first CSS for web developer
Posted on March 9, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
CSS is an easy language to learn (and to implement) for creating a beautiful website. However, when it comes to implementing CSS at scale, it's not that simple. For large scale websites and applications, CSS becomes really hard to write in. By Thoriq Firdaus in Coding.
Tags ux css frontend web-development
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Variable fonts: Is the performance trade-off worth it?
Posted on March 8, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length long
Anna Monus wrote this piece about variable fonts. Variable fonts are popular for two reasons: they expand design possibilities and improve website performance. While the former statement is definitely true since variable fonts do provide infinite typographical choices, the latter only holds under certain conditions.
Tags ux software web-development teams
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Creating true fluid web typography to improve our processes
Posted on February 4, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Responsive web design has been a must-have skill for front-end developers for many years now, but creating a truly fluid interface and giving users a seamless experience across any device still poses a lot of challenges for designers and developers alike. By Razvan Onofrei.
Tags ux web-development how-to
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The building blocks of visual design
Posted on January 26, 2020, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Visual design is about creating and making the general aesthetics of a product consistent. To create the aesthetic style of a website or app, we work with fundamental elements of visual design, arranging them according to principles of design. By Yu Siang Teo.
Tags ux web-development miscellaneous
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How to conduct UX research if you're an introvert
Posted on December 30, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length short
If your goal is to gather as many insights as possible, you need to open your participant up. And how do you open someone up if you're scared yourself? Here are some things I learned along the way that you might find helpful. By Olga Wojnarowska.
Tags ux how-to big-data data-science management teams
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UX design 101: Thinking in (user) flows
Posted on December 23, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
This session is part of a learning curriculum that author designed to incrementally skill up and empower a team of Designers and Researchers whose skillset and ways of working had fallen behind the times. By Robert Sens.
Tags ux web-development software agile
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Maybe you don't need a date picker
Posted on December 22, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Calendar controls, date pickers, date widgets, whatever you call them, however they are described, they follow the same basic principle -- present the user with a calendar to enter a date (and sometimes a time). By Adrian Roselli.
Tags web-development ux software
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Customer and user perception of value and what it means to designers
Posted on December 16, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Financial value is not the only motivating factor for users and consumers to invest in a product. In fact, it is the perception of value both financial and non-financial that drives the decision to adopt (or not) a product. By Wiki4des and www.interaction-design.org.
Tags ux web-development miscellaneous learning
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Design Scenarios -- Communicating the small steps in the User Experience
Posted on December 1, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length short
Design scenarios are useful tools for communicating ideas about user actions. Mapping design scenarios also has the added benefit that it helps formalize ideas and to take creative approaches to those ideas. By Katie Inglis.
Tags web-development nodejs ux
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Simplicity in design: 4 ways to achieve simplicity in your designs
Posted on October 13, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Euphemia Wong wrong this piece about how to learn ways to achieve simplicity in your designs and recognize why certain designs are overly complex. Simplicity is also one of the key reasons why some companies do better than their competitors.
Tags ux web-development management miscellaneous
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Incorporating UX work into your agile backlog
Posted on October 9, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length medium
In this article author describes three different backlog models which enable teams to keep track of UX work in their Agile processes. Each model comes with pros and cons. By Rachel Krause.
Tags web-development ux miscellaneous how-to
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Web accessibility guidebook for developers
Posted on July 17, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length long
Nikola Shekerev wrote this guide in you will get what he has learned about both fundamental and advanced accessibility topics while implementing accessibility compliance (Section 508, WCAG 2.0 and WAI-ARIA) for KendoReact.
Tags ux web-development teams software