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True Ventures Welcomes UXPin After Leading $5M Round
Years ago, when I started practicing web design, we spent our time trying to stand out from a sea of drab pages with just a dozen HTML tags. Today, contemporary design work is made up of increasingly specialized practitioners solving problems we never dreamed of those many years ago. Designers have had to reinvent ourselves
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Government Websites Don’t Have to Suck — Here’s How
Photo Credit: David Iliff, Creative Commons 3.0 Is it possible for government services to be easy to use? Most of the time — not even close. But the UK Government Digital Services (GDS) team has changed that, taking home a 2013 Design of the Year award. One of the judges even remarked, “[GOV.UK] creates a
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3 Ways to Design for Those Distracted Drivers
Texting and driving don’t always mix. Sure knowing where the next turn is has been virtually solved. And self-parking, even self-driving cars exist. But texting while driving is more to blame for car accidents, especially among teens, and the accident rate continues to skyrocket. While it can be so helpful, even life-saving at times, technology
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Homepage UX: Do These 10 Things to Make Your Homepage a Success
The basic homepage design is so 2012. The supposed magic formula of 10 elements to include for a successful home page isn’t enough anymore for a simple reason — it’s too formulaic. And that can create for a boring homepage that’ll drive users away. That’s not to say those page elements don’t have function —
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Supersize Your UX/UI: Design Lessons From Fast-Food Sites
Photo Credit: George, Creative Commons 2.0 Fast-food websites are an interesting mix of user experiences. They aren’t hard to land upon since fast-food joints register every domain name imaginable that relates to their name and menu items. This assures you’ll be enticed — brainwashed to run right out for a meal. A perfect mix of
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Getting Started in UX Design: Tips & Resources
In this piece, we’ll explain how to get started in UX with the least learning curve possible. We scoured the web and spoke with our own design team for the most straightforward advice. Check it out!
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Google vs. Yahoo: Quick UI/UX Lessons
When it comes to user experience and user interface design, Google and Yahoo both do a decent job (granted, in different ways). In this piece, we’ll quickly explain some practical takeaways from the UI and UX design of each site.
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3 Crucial UX Considerations Before Going Parallax
Skeuomorphism gives way to flat, and flat gives way to … something in between. One technique that’s taken hold in recent years is parallax scrolling — a visual effect that adds the illusion of depth to your site. In this piece, we’ll explain a few things you must consider if you want this technique to work
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UX Insights From Design Agency Barrel
In Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood, a team of designers, developers and strategists craft innovative UX designs for some big name companies, such as Kind, Boxed and Daily Burn. This is Barrel — one of the top design agencies around and one of our favorite customers. They’ve been using UXPin on a daily basis to collaborate with
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How to Use Media Queries in Responsive Web Design
Photo credit: Jeremy Keith, Creative Commons Responsive web design has exploded in popularity — thanks to the need to create sites that work across numerous devices. However, responsive design comes with some problems of its own. The issue of slow-to-load sites is now well documented. Let’s walk through some of the tricks designers are using to
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New e-book: Interaction Design Best Practices (Time & Behavior)
In our latest free e-book, we explain how to master the intangible elements of interaction design. Read on to get a sneak peek inside the book!
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Usability Testing & Design: New Yelp Prototypes (Part 2)
In Part 1, we described how we started sketching and wireframing based off the qualitative insights and quantitative insights from our user testing on Yelp’s website. Now, we’ll look at low fidelity prototyping, high fidelity prototyping, and the final new design.
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