On a recent trip through London, I noticed a rather large piece of signage at Holborn tube station. Each letter was at least 4 inches high. The style of the signage was reminiscent of that found on motorways, where huge signs are used to give drivers advanced notice of any important messages. I believe the… Continue reading The user experience of huge signage
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My favourite UX blogs
1. Usabilla blog 2. UX booth 3. Smashing Magazine 4. Alistapart 5. UX Magazine
UX toolbox
Check your designs Collect data and analyze user feedback with design surveys verifyapp.com Prototyping Dotted paper creation – paperkit.net/dottedpaper Create rapid interactive prototypes for web & mobile Mockups from photoshop files – Invisionapp
How long will it take to read this article?
As someone fairly new to ereaders, the first thing I noticed and liked about them is that they tell you how much time is left. I particularly like websites that use this same function, such as medium.com which allows me to read short articles from just about anyone, and employs the same technique. At the… Continue reading How long will it take to read this article?
The Kindle Fire was designed for Brits
The sun shone for nearly one whole month in England (and the rest of Europe). This was met with joy by 99% of the population. However, I suddenly found myself searching for dark corners in order to continue reading my Kindle Fire and other similar devices. The contrast in the media I was consuming was… Continue reading The Kindle Fire was designed for Brits
My favourite UX principles…
Understand the problem before trying to solve it. Time matters, build for people on the go. Focus should be on content and context rather than UI. Saying that a good UI makes it easy for users to complete, and not get distracted. Start with the basics. Engage beginners and attract experts. Make your application predictable.… Continue reading My favourite UX principles…
So flags aren’t languages, but…
So flags aren’t languages, but they do give a good signpost to where the language selection is on the page. Take for example Mozilla’s add-ons website. I somehow ended up on this language version of their website: Knowing it wasn’t the right language for me I began hunting for the option to change my language,… Continue reading So flags aren’t languages, but…
User experience in the real world: what we can learn from real world examples of validating responses
Much is said about the importance of the recoverability of errors online, and how frustrating it can be for users when they cannot simply backtrack a step or two without losing all their data. Unfortunately, many websites still fail to make error recovery as seamless as it should be for the user. Relating this to… Continue reading User experience in the real world: what we can learn from real world examples of validating responses
User experience – more than just skin deep
User experience is about designing all aspects of a person’s experience with a product or service. Influences Influenced by graphic design, psychology, research and anthropology. All have an impact, and it all boils down to human behaviour. Creating a user-centred design process takes the user’s needs into account at every stage of the product life… Continue reading User experience – more than just skin deep
Just say it right, incorrect password – Hotmail
I typed in an incorrect password in Hotmail, and after several attempts to figure out what was wrong, I finally looked for and read the error message. My first gripe is that the error message should have been more visible, as I only looked for it when I began to get frustrated. Instead of resolving… Continue reading Just say it right, incorrect password – Hotmail