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Poll Results: Users Want Speed over Social Features
A while back, we hosted a survey to see which consumer web user interface (UI) theme they would like to see incorporated into business applications. We received 148 responses before we closed the poll.
Read more »10 Interface Design Tips to Improve Your Business Application
Anyone that has ever used a business application has likely found themselves wondering why they have to be so hard to operate. With all of the advances in technology, you’d think business apps could be designed for a better user experience.
Read more »The Number One Obstacle Designers Face
As designers, our jobs aren’t as easy as people think. On top of designing, we have to deal with the everyday stresses of the Organization. Yes, the Organization.
Read more »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.
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