Why You Should Remove Orphans from Your Body Text
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.
ReadyMag: Publish Your Digital Story
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.
Dash: Build Custom Dashboards with Your Personal Data
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.
10 Ways to Build Trust on Your Landing Page
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.
CodeinWP: Turn Your Design into a WordPress Theme
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.
How to Avoid Client Headache as a Freelance Designer
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.
Ptengine: Real-Time Heatmaps and Visual Analytics
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.
How Margins and Line Lengths Affect Readability
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.
HotJar: All-in-One Platform for User Research
Do you know how users are using your website? If not, you’re missing valuable opportunities to convert them into paying customers.
10 Tips to Get You Started with Responsive Design
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.
3 Tricks to Make Your Load Times Feel Faster
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.
How Hamburger Menus Can Increase Your Conversion Rate
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.
FireTuts: Web and Mobile Layout Tiles for Sitemaps
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.
Choosing the Right Tool for Remote User Testing
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.
3 Best Vector Wireframing Tools for Designers
What’s the best tool for wireframing? This is a common question among designers. It’s hard to answer because each designer has different needs.