App design is a combination of UI and UX design to build out a usable piece of software. Modern users don’t have patience for apps that are confusing to use. Ideal mobile app design is good-looking, functional, and straightforward all at the same time. So, how do you measure good app design? A good app
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Negative Space – How Best to Use It in Website and App Design
Have you ever viewed an image or photograph that you really like and wondered why it looks so interesting and engaging? Or maybe you’ve wondered why a scene in a movie or TV show triggers a strong emotional response. Is it the subject matter or the artist’s use of perspective? Perhaps. But then think about
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Storybook Design System: It’s Time to Reap Its Many Benefits
Since you’re here, there’s a good chance that you have used our design-with-code Merge technology to build fully functional prototypes. (If you haven’t taken that step yet, try for free our Storybook integration.) Recently, we took a giant leap forward by releasing an integration with Storybook. We don’t want to assume that you know a
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How to Design an Unforgettable Splash Screen that Delights Your Users
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression” that’s how the saying goes. This applies to interacting with new people and when users experience your application for the first time. Research shows that it takes 50 milliseconds for users to decide whether they are going to stay on your app or leave.
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Git for Designers – All You Need to Know
As designers, our final goal is to make great products for the end user. This is why our collaboration with developers is paramount in every product we build. We come up with a product’s concept. Create mockups and prototypes. Then hand over the final design to developers to get the project live. In this scenario, a
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4 tips for User Testing Your Prototype
Even the best ideas can’t guarantee success. No matter how certain you are about a new concept, the only way to create a good product is by getting real feedback and building upon it. Here are our tips that will help you make the most out of your user testing.
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Engaging, interactive websites and what you can learn from them
Some sites look good and some sites function well, but there are some interactive websites that do both with an extra sense of magic. These websites engage us on a deeper level, command our attention, and take root in our imagination. They draw us into their world and make us forget our own — if
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Selecting The Right Open-Source Project in React Ecosystem
Open source projects provide a unique way to work collaboratively with other people and learn through teamwork. It’s not rocket science, but it’s safe to say that a lot goes into choosing the right open source project in the React ecosystem. So, for anyone looking to take up on a challenge and commit, we’ve made
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What is an Affinity Diagram and How It Can Help You
The affinity diagram offers a framework for grouping information, be it data, user needs, opinions, insights, or other data types. Affinity diagrams are when you put each concept, idea, or thought onto a small piece of notepaper. Then, you group ideas by different categories to see what the affinity of the two ideas could be.
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10 Worst Design Failures of All Time
10 worst Design Failures of All time. Google Wave, Macintosh TV, Windows Mobile, Windows 8 shutdown system…to mention few. Design failures will give you a lesson
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HTML Line Spacing: The Fine Line Between Good and Bad UX Design
HTML line spacing — the vertical space between two lines of text within a paragraph — isn’t the most exciting thing in the UX design world, but it matters more than you think. This styling element involves Experience Strategy and Interaction Design — two of the four UX design quadrants used to create an incredible
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How to Import Your Components into Storybook and Use Them in UXPin
We’ve recently released our Merge-powered integration with Storybook that allows you to bring Storybook components to UXPin editor and design with them, keeping all the interactions available in Storybook. It helps break down the design and development silos and finally, let product teams use the single source of truth. It’s the second integration (we also
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Try Storybook Integration: Say Goodbye to Design-Dev Inconsistencies
Just a few weeks ago, we wrote about our game-changing Storybook integration, which helps designers and developers break the silos and improve the UI consistency by using code components when building prototypes. Based on our Merge technology, the integration lets you harvest the power of code, use it to build advanced prototypes faster and massively
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9 Design Thinking Tools for Turning a Creative Vision into a Usable Interface
Design thinking is a collaborative, iterative process that, over time, delivers design solutions based on human feedback. The concept combines the problem-solving basis of design with empathy for the end-user. Design thinking tools are used to facilitate this evolutionary process. Before we take a close look at some of the best design thinking tools on
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Tips for Designers Interested in Advanced UX/UI
Your company website is more than a collection of related pages. It’s a dynamic place where two online entities meet and interact: the business behind the site and the visitor who lands there in search of information, services to use, or products to buy. What happens in that meeting place is a product of both
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