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Pidoco Prototyping License Winners
Pidoco offered 3 professional prototyping licenses each worth $356 to UX Movement readers. The giveaway has ended and it’s time to announce the winners.
Read more »Arrow and Ellipsis Affordances on Buttons and Menus
There’s more to menus and buttons than just labels. Before users click a button or menu option, they’ll usually read the label first. But labels alone don’t always give users a clear picture of what will happen after they click it.
Read more »Interface Styles 3: Pixel Perfect Elements in One Click
Interface Styles is a tool that gives you the power to create beautiful, industry-standard interface elements and put them into your designs. It uses Photoshop and Fireworks’ built-in styles feature to allow you to apply stunning visual effects in one click.
Read more »8 Reasons Users Don’t Fill Out Sign Up Forms
Signing up for a website is a big commitment for most people. Users that sign up for your website are giving their personal information and trust to you. If you misuse their personal information or violate their trust, you can upset your users.
Read more »PowerMockup Winners
PowerMockup offered 5 free licenses to give away to readers. Out of the 60 people who entered the giveaway, only 5 will win a free license for PowerMockup. The winners were chosen at random from the comments.
Read more »Form Label Proximity: Right Aligned is Easier to Scan
Label alignment on forms is a serious issue. How you place labels next to fields can affect how users fill out your form. There are only three ways you can align labels to fields.
Read more »Finger-Friendly Design: Ideal Mobile Touch Target Sizes
In darts, hitting the bulls-eye is harder to do than hitting any other part of the dartboard. This is because the bullseye is the smallest target. This same principle can also apply to touch targets on mobile devices.
Read more »A Flexible ID Field Helps Forgetful Users Log In
Everyone forgets things from time to time. But forgetting a username on a website can keep users locked out of their account. It’s like forgetting your keys and getting locked out of your house.
Read more »Making Helpful Reviews Easier to Spot with Percentages
Buying products online is never a sure thing. That’s why most users will read the reviews of a product before they buy it. However, the amount of reviews for a product can get quite large over time.
Read more »Why External Links Should Open in New Tabs
When most designers design websites, they don’t pay much attention to links. As long as the link works and takes users to the right page, everything is fine. However, a great user experience goes further than that.
Read more »Faceted Overload: Simplifying the Sidebar Navigation
The benefit of using a faceted sidebar navigation for your website is that you aren’t vertically constrained by space. You can list as many links in the sidebar as you need.
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