Faceted Overload: Simplifying the Sidebar Navigation
The benefit of using a faceted sidebar navigation on your website is that you aren’t constrained by vertical space. You can list as many links in the sidebar as you need.
Productivity Papers: Develop the Habits of an Expert
Are experts are born or made? If experts were born, it would mean that people wouldn’t have to make much of an effort to succeed. They would coast through activities without struggles or setbacks.
Why Scrolling is the New Click
Which is better for users, scrolling or clicking? This is the question that designers have to think about when they’re designing page flow. Clicking offers users a menu of links that take them to a new page.
How to Create a Unique Selling Point for Your Home Page
Your website may get a lot of visitors, but how many of them buy what you're selling? Whether you're asking them to sign up for a service or buy a product, you need a unique selling point to succeed.
Final Designs Are Always the Simplest and Most Practical
A pattern I have noticed on every project I've worked on is that the final design that clients choose is always the simplest and most practical one.
How Facebook’s Poor Usability Led to Missed Messages
If you use Facebook, you could be a victim of missed messages. Some of these messages could have little importance, but some could change your life.
The User Interface Is the Means, Not the Ends
Designers pride themselves on the interfaces they design. But sometimes designers can get so lost in the interface they forget that it's for the user, not them.
Another Case for Using Top Aligned Form Labels
By now, most designers should know that top aligned labels allow users to fill out forms faster than left aligned labels. This makes sense when you understand the research.
Are You Meeting the User Experience Hierarchy of Needs?
The hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow describing the stages of human growth. But just like in humans, user interfaces go through stages of growth too.
Starting up a Company with Steve Jobs
Many say that Steve Jobs was the best CEO ever. One would have a hard time arguing that he wasn’t after seeing what he did to start NeXT in the mid 1980s.
Innovative Navigation Techniques to Save You Header Space
The header is an important part of a website. It usually has the logo, navigation, login, sign up and search. Making room for all these elements in your header is no easy task.
9 Guidelines for Clear and Intuitive Icons
Have you ever struggled to figure out what an icon meant? Users do this all the time with icons they're not familiar with. That's why it's important to make your icons clear and intuitive.
Why Users Read Headlines Before Viewing Images
Are your images distracting users from reading your headlines? Eyetracking research done on news sites found that most view headlines before images.
How to Design Content Filters for Better User Browsing
Where on a website does one start when they're looking for content that interests them? They could use the pagination and start from page one, but that could take up a lot of time.