UX Movement · anthony · Nov 22, 2024
Screen space on a desktop interface is more important than you think. Most designers take it for granted because a desktop screen contains so much space. However, when it comes to data display, every pixel counts. A sidebar can occupy a lot of width space and diminish the content area. As a result, users will […] The.
tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Nov 19, 2024
I really enjoyed Nicolas Steenhout’s recent article on Alt text for avatars or user photos. But there is a context where I would break his rule…
GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Al Robinson – Interaction Designer, formerly Valuation Office Agency, HMRC</name> · Nov 14, 2024
How to add a Welsh language toggle to your prototypes so you can better test with Welsh users.
Material Design · Nov 4, 2024
One less reason to “detach instance”
Dovetail · Oct 30, 2024
Dovetail 3.0 makes it possible for everyone to painlessly transform all customer interactions occurring across the organization into powerful insights that can be used to drive product development, improve sales pitches, refine product messaging, and perfect the user experience.
Slack Design · andyacevedo · Oct 23, 2024
If you work in design, you’ve probably already heard of design engineering. It’s not a new concept, and similar roles — such as Design Technologists, UI/UX Engineers, and Creative Technologists — have existed in software development for decades. These roles typically involve individuals with high proficiency in both d.
Dovetail · Oct 13, 2024
Find out how Dovetail uses Channels to centralize all kinds of customer feedback, get early market signals, and quickly escalate customer problems.
GOV.UK User Research · <name>Dominika Morton - User Researcher, HMRC</name> · Oct 7, 2024
At HMRC, we hold an annual learning and development event - ResCon - to discuss trending user research topics and learn new skills. At our last event, experts in body language, persuasion, negotiation and marketing advised us on effective communication, a vital skill for all researchers.
tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Oct 2, 2024
Everyone who works in digital product development should be familiar with screen reader software. Here’s how to get started with NVDA on Windows.
Lea Verou · Oct 1, 2024
Disclaimer: This post expresses my opinions, which do not necessarily reflect consensus by the whole Web Components community. A blog post by Ryan Carniato titled “Web Components Are Not the Future” has recently stirred a lot of controversy. A few other JS framework authors pitched in, expressing frustration and disil.
Manuel Matuzovic · Sep 19, 2024
Recently, I started a new project. I react to the accessibility of more or less randomly picked websites. Before you get too excited, It's in German. I feel more comfortable recording live reactions to websites I have never seen in my native language. However, I may try it in English if there's demand. So far, I've re.
Lea Verou · Sep 16, 2024
Folks, I have some exciting news to share. 🤩 Today I start a new chapter in my career. After a decade at MIT , teaching and doing research at the intersection of usability and programming language design, I wrapped up my PhD two weeks ago (yes, I’m a Dr now ! And damn right I will — once it actually sinks in) and tod.
tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Aug 30, 2024
I’ve written about accessible responsive tables before but something has been bugging me. So here’s another step to make those tables even better.
UX Movement · anthony · Aug 28, 2024
A sidebar navigation with a few items is simple to design. All you have to do is display them in a list with relevant icons. But what do you do when you have multiple large-scale item groups to display? The typical approach uses disclosure arrows to collapse each item group with an accordion functionality. However, [….
Scott O'Hara · <name>Scott O'Hara</name> · Aug 22, 2024
The topic of how to make an accessible spoiler component, or ‘should there be a spoiler element?’ has recently (re)-caught my attention. (I wrote most of this back in February and then forgot about it… as I seem to do these days. But then people necro’d a GitHub issue on the topic, so here we go again)
CSS Wizardry · Aug 19, 2024
Quantifying the importance of caching just got a lot easier
tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Jul 28, 2024
When getting to grips with accessibility, there’s often a tension between what users ask for and doing things in an accessible way.
Lyft Design · Namika Varma-Chang · Jul 23, 2024
When a new component is deployed we announce it on the Lyft Product Language homepage. I’m new to the design system’s team at Lyft. After 6 years of working as a feature designer, I decided to make the jump to design systems and I couldn’t have picked a better design system to learn from. At my last gig, I built out a.
Lea Verou · Jul 3, 2024
A few days ago, I gave a very well received talk about API design at dotJS titled “API Design is UI Design” [1] . One of the points I made was that good UIs (and thus, good APIs) have a smooth UI complexity to Use case complexity curve. This means that incremental user effort results in incremental value ; at no point.
Slack Design · andyacevedo · Jun 26, 2024
In software design we have all heard the phrase “well-crafted user experience.” It may have come up in conversation, in an article or in a job interview. Indeed, conversation and debate about craft, what it is and why it matters, has been a through-line during my 20+ years in tech. I’ve worked at companies that […] Th.