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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Jun 10, 2024

How to browse the web with the keyboard alone

Some people use the keyboard to get around their computer. Knowing how to do this is important for accessibility testing and to inform design.

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A List Apart · by <a itemprop="url" class="author" rel="author" href="https://alistapart.com/author/gerry-duffy/">Gerry Duffy</a> · May 30, 2024

User Research Is Storytelling

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could mak.

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Adam Silver · May 19, 2024

Don’t be afraid of a long list of radio buttons (and why I broke this UX law)

Last week I posted this on LinkedIn: I tell my students to avoid select boxes. Because it’s often better to go for radios. But they often say “But it’ll make the page long”. Yep, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad UX. See below for the page I designed to let users select a course. Huge list of radio buttons. B.

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Lea Verou · May 17, 2024

On compliance vs readability: Generating text colors with CSS

Can we emulate the upcoming CSS contrast-color() function via CSS features that have already widely shipped? And if so, what are the tradeoffs involved and how to best balance them? Relative Colors Out of all the CSS features I have designed , Relative Colors aka Relative Color Syntax (RCS) is definitely among the one.

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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Apr 23, 2024

Images as the first thing in a button or link

If the text of an interactive element like a button or link is preceded with an accessible image, we’ve probably got an accessibility problem.

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Adam Silver · Apr 22, 2024

I took David Hamill’s UX challenge (how did I do?)

In case you don’t know David Hamill, he posts regularly on LinkedIn. And last week he posted a UX challenge to redesign the iPhone screen for accepting or declining a call while you’re already on one. This is the current design: Some of the issues may seem obvious to you at first glance, but I found the challenge a lo.

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Adam Silver · Apr 9, 2024

Figma prototypes vs HTML prototypes

When you design a product, you should usability test it. Otherwise, you won’t know how well it works. Typically you either: - create and test a prototype - build it in production and test there Building it in production is usually the most expensive and risky approach so lets leave that out for today. Which leaves us.

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Learn UI Design · <name>Erik D. Kennedy</name> · Mar 29, 2024

Creating a Standout Design Portfolio: The Ultimate Guide

The 4 most-common portfolio mistakes · Homepage best practices · How to create a great project case study · 10 example portfolios, annotated & explained · Top sites for creating your portfolio

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Scott O'Hara · <name>Scott O'Hara</name> · Mar 22, 2024

popover accessibility

I wrote this article on the default accessibilty properties (some might say ‘semantics’) of the popover attribute with Hidde de Vries.

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UXmatters · Mar 18, 2024

Evolving the User Experience to Curb Digital Addiction

By Nitin Kumar Over the last decade, the ways in which we experience technology have undergone significant changes. We’ve progressed from checking our email messages in a computer’s Web browser to receiving email notifications on our smartphone. Instant-messaging communication has transitioned from chatting on the des.

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UXmatters · Mar 18, 2024

The Power of Textual Content in UX Design

By Shalini Samuel Digital experiences get better through user-centric design. Among the various elements that contribute to a seamless user experience, do not underestimate the role of textual content. When you use text strategically, it can improve the brand value of a product, Web site, or application whether by gui.

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UXmatters · Mar 18, 2024

Empowering the User Experience Through Microinteractions: 7 Best Practices

By Syed Balkhi Microinteractions are small, yet powerful interaction-design elements that can fundamentally shape how users interact with a digital product. They are critical components that can make a product more user friendly and engaging. In this article, I’ll explore the concept of microinteractions and how they.

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UXmatters · Mar 18, 2024

Designing for the User: How Form Insights Shape UX Design Decisions

By Mike Hakob Form insights serve as the foundation for creating smooth, user-friendly digital experiences and highlight the importance of the user experience for business Web sites and apps. In this article, I’ll explore the concept of form insights and examine some techniques for gathering and evaluating user data..

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EightShapes · Nathan Curtis · Mar 11, 2024

Adopting Design System Generations

How to face and reframe challenges of a changing system #3 of 5 of the series Design Systems Generations: Defining | Planning | Adopting | Naming |Retiring What’s changing? All colors, typography, space and component designs. Why? Because executives decided to. How big is the change? It’s big. More a revolution than a.

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Adam Silver · Mar 11, 2024

Don’t use paracetamol to fix bad UX

My dad was a pharmacist. Whenever I was ill, he’d tell me to take paracetamol. So I did. And it made me feel better. But paracetamol doesn’t actually make you better. It only makes you feel better. It treats the symptoms, not the cause. For example, let’s say you have a headache because you’re dehydrated. But you don’.

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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Mar 11, 2024

Alt text for CSS generated content

There’s an interesting feature in Safari 17.4 that allows content added with CSS to have ‘alt’ text. I’m not sure how I feel about this.

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Adam Silver · Mar 7, 2024

Why Anthony Hobday’s sentence-style form is bad UX (and what to do instead)

Anthony asked me to tell him why his sentence-style form is awful. A form to join a waiting list laid out as a sentence. In case you didn’t know: I love attacking bad UX. So when I got Anthony’s message, I dashed to the computer to tap out a quick response (which I’ll share in a sec). But I want to point out that most.

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Léonie Watson · Léonie Watson · Mar 7, 2024

Nielsen needs to think again

Jakob Nielsen reckons accessibility has failed, but as I go about my day using various accessible online services, I'm not convinced he's right about that.

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