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8 Resources for Beautiful Interface Design Examples
How your design functions and works is one thing. But how your design looks and feels is another. Visual design is a big part of the user’s experience. Here are 8 resources for examples of beautiful interface design.
Read more »Why I Stand While I Work
As I’m writing this, I am standing on my two bare feet. Doing so doesn’t affect my writing, but it affects my health. I was once like you. I sat on a chair in front of my computer to work.
Read more »8 Things to Know About the Company Culture at Apple
It’s no secret that Apple is one of the most successful companies in the world today. However, it wasn’t always this way for them. Like everyone else, they had to make mistakes and learn from them.
Read more »The $12 Million Optional Form Field
Expedia learned a valuable lesson about optional form fields. And it only took them $12 million to do it. You, on the other hand, can learn it right here, right now for free. The lesson is this.
Read more »Q&A Communities for Developers and Designers
Nobody is perfect. Sometimes we get stumped with our work, and we need to seek others for help and advice. However, we can’t just get advice from anyone, we need to find people in our field who know what we’re talking about.
Read more »23 Things McAfee Learned About User Interface Design
This article may be a few years old, but the tips it offers still hold strong and true today. By designing a user interface that focused on ease of use, McAfee was able to cut their support calls by 90%.
Read more »New York City to Change Street Signs from All Caps to Title Case
It seems that someone from the Federal Highway Commission read the article: Why Text in All Caps is Hard for Users to Read. Actually, they probably didn’t. But at least they understand that all caps is harder for people to read.
Read more »8 Best User Interface Guides for Desktop and Mobile Applications
You have all used desktop and mobile applications before. But have you ever wondered about the amount of effort it takes to design them? The process involves extreme accuracy and precision down to the very last pixel.
Read more »4 Best User Interface Design Pattern Libraries
As designers, sometimes we need a little inspiration to get our creative juices flowing. Looking at examples of different user interface patterns could give us the ideas we need to design something amazing.
Read more »Practical Ways to Become a Better Designer
Many people will tell you that to get better at anything you need to practice, practice and practice. This is true, but practice isn’t the only way to get better at your craft.
Read more »Website Review of GMBHnews
A UX review was requested by GMBHnews.com and I have decided to critique the site for them and share it with everyone. I will evaluate the site based on 4 criteria that I believe make up good user experience design.
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