There are websites that offer information and ones that tell a story. What do you want your website to do? Most sites that try to tell a story are hard to follow because they use a traditional page layout.
Did you know that the way your paragraph text wraps can affect how users read it? You could create orphans that hurt readability. Orphans are short lines that appear at the end of a paragraph.
Tired of opening new tabs and logging into different accounts to get all the information you need? Having all your personal data on a dashboard would make it less frustrating.
Imagine walking into a small, crowded store. A shop clerk hassles you into buying something you don’t want. If this happened, you’d leave fast and look for another store.
What most designers do best is design. Coding the design is a different story. When clients hire someone to design their website, they expect to get a product that not only works, but is easy-to-use.
Managing clients is a big part of freelancing. Many freelance designers have their own way of working with clients. But a lot of them do it in a way that works against them.
The more you know about your users, the better you can design for them. That’s why it’s important to have a quality heatmap and analytics tool to track user behavior and activity on your website.
Have you ever spent too much time reading a web page? That might not have been caused by the amount of text. Research shows that margins and line lengths affect readability.
A recent study found a quarter of all Americans use mobile devices to access the web. One out of every five people in the world own a smartphone and over half use it to surf the internet.
When users are on the go, the best mobile app experience is a fast one. Although the device's connection speed is out of your control, you can make your app appear like it loads lightning fast.
Did you know that your website navigation can affect your conversion rate? Several studies have found that minimizing navigation on signup pages increases conversion rates.
A box with a page title and arrows pointing to other boxes isn’t a sitemap that gives much information. It doesn’t allow others to visualize the page-to-page user experience you intend to design.
There are many challenges to traditional user testing. You have to recruit users in your local area, bring them to a testing lab and moderate them throughout the test.