Design teams commonly use Jakob Nielsen’s heuristics to evaluate human-computer interaction because they provide a comprehensive user experience audit. A heuristic evaluation explores ten critical facets of a product’s user experience, allowing design teams to focus on specific usability problems within user interfaces and interactions. Get accurate insights about your product’s usability performance using advanced
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App Personalization – How to Get it Right?
In 2021, Google and Apple saw around 140 billion downloads in their app stores – a 20% growth in just two years. That’s a lot of demand to cater to! Still, with the multiple options on the market, today’s app users want more than ‘just’ an app that works properly. They want a UX that
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What’s the Difference Between UXPin and Merge Technology?
You may wonder what the difference between UXPin and Merge is. And, which one is right for my design team? To put it simply, UXPin is an all-in-one design software that covers the entire product design process together, including design handoff, while Merge is a technology that allow you to bring interactive components to UXPin
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What is Aesthetic-Usability Effect?
The aesthetic–usability effect gives UX designers fascinating insights into human behavior and why they must avoid prioritizing usability over visual appeal. Striking the right balance between form and function plays an important role in building a successful product. A digital product’s aesthetics is the primary driver to entice users, while good user experience and usability
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Web Accessibility Checklist – 28 Points You Must Comply With
There are loads of web accessibility guidelines designers and engineers must follow when designing a website or application. It can be overwhelming to digest them all or know when to use the different levels. This article simplifies the official web content accessibility guidelines with a web accessibility checklist for designers. We also explain the difference
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16 Timeless Web Navigation UI Patterns
Navigation UI design plays a significant role in a website’s aesthetics, functionality, and user experience. Designers must design a navigation UI experience that benefits business and user needs. This article explores 16 web navigation patterns, with tips on applying these and when to use them. We also provide examples so you can model the success
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The Beginner’s Guide to Capturing UX Requirements
Capturing UX requirements is an essential process before teams can begin working on a project. These requirements are vital in guiding a project on its path to success. There are three components to capturing UX requirements: business, user, and technical. Understanding each and how to capture the relevant data is crucial for designers to comprehend
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Who is a UX Engineer Specifically?
ing with designers to turn design ideas into functioning code. Front-end and back-end engineers use this code as a foundation to develop the final product.
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UX Engineer Tools that Make The Job Easier
A UX engineer’s (UXE) toolkit includes design and engineering tools. They are engineers first, so most tools apply to development, but they also use a fair share of design tools. Working between product design and development means that UX engineer tools must allow for collaboration between both disciplines. They must also work with DesignOps and
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Customer Journey Mapping Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
One would think that the IT domain is all about numbers, schemes, and prototypes; that functionality means more than empathy when it comes to digital products. In the technological race, where beautiful designs and fancy interfaces rule the day, businesses forget that they create products and services primarily for people. But more and more modern
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How to Use UI Kits to Create Quicker Mockups
Know if UI kits are useful for your design project. Get tips for selecting and applying elements from UI kits.
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Paper Prototyping: The 10-Minute Practical Guide
In the high-tech digital UX design world, pen and paper are still the preferred choices for fast low-fidelity prototyping. Contrary to assumptions, UX teams spend a lot of time away from the computer, writing on sticky notes, whiteboards, notepads, and adding annotations to paper prototypes. The more planning and preparation designers can do before sitting
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8 Common Prototyping Mistakes Plus Tips on How to Avoid Them
Prototyping is one of the best ways to validate design ideas before time and resources are wasted on ideas that are not viable. While there is no single “perfect” way to create a prototype, there are common mistakes that designers make. These mistakes can affect the suitability of your prototype and slow down the design
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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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How to Create a Style Guide to Enhance your Brand’s UX?
In the world of UX (user experience) and UI (user interface), one thing that you should always keep in mind when starting a project is a style guide. It will help you enhance your brand’s user experience and bring it to a whole new level. A style guide will help you craft a consistent design
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