The logout experience is oft-overlooked in our increasingly logged in lives. Typically (and perhaps understandably), greater UX focus is placed on getting users in than ushering them out. Unfortunately, this lack of focus means that user logout experiences are lacking. Think of the last time you created a digital account. It is a safe bet that the brand took pains to … [Read more...]
The 3 Big Differences Between UX And UI Design
The debates over the definitions of UX and UI have been going on for almost as long as the terms have been around. UX stands for User Experience, and UI stands for User Interface. Clear as mud? That probably did not produce a lightbulb moment of understanding. How the end-user interfaces with something impacts their experience of the product, right? It does not … [Read more...]
UX Case Study: Acorns Mobile App
Whenever it is time to pick the next subject for Codal and UsabilityGeek's long-running UX Case Study series, I find myself searching in the same places. I aimlessly swipe through the App Store, flicking between categories and eyeing the download charts. I needle my coworkers, asking what apps they use on a day-to-day basis and what their preferences are. However, it … [Read more...]
6 Navigation Design Mistakes, And 3 Apps That Do It Right
Apps are like little worlds of their own. They hold mountains of features dotted with microinteractions, oceans of data, and cities of users with their creations and contributions. App designers wield power to construct these worlds and hone them to perfection, making navigation easy and creating accessible open roads. Whenever a user launches an app, the first thing they … [Read more...]
UX Case Study: Lumosity Mobile App
Nobody can critique a user experience quite like a UX designer, but video game enthusiasts certainly get close. After all, game designers are a specialised breed of UXer, one with the unique challenge of making user experiences more than just usable - they have to be fun. By viewing a video game experience through the lens of web & mobile UX designers like us, we can … [Read more...]
Live Chat Software: The Quick & Dirty UX 101
Live chat has become an almost ubiquitous part of our web browsing. Most modern websites now come with that familiar chat button splashed up-front on the bottom of their pages – offering an attractive service window into the site. However, the offer does not always live up to the experience. When implemented poorly, live chat can be an annoyance rather than an … [Read more...]
Dashboard Design User Experience Guidelines
Systems are becoming more integrated and able to relay back qualitative, and more often quantitative, data at various degrees of frequency and complexity. In this scenario, information visualisation becomes even more important. Simply stated, information visualisation involves graphically representing abstract data in such a way that the user can understand the data … [Read more...]
Write A UX Proposal: How-To Guide
User Experience design is big business, and there is money to be made. In fact, Andrew Kucheriavy reports in Forbes that on average, the return on investment for user experience is 9,900%. In layperson's terms, that is a hundred dollars return on every dollar invested. To achieve numbers like that, UX and UI designers need to deliver consistently excellent user … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Integrate Motion Into Web Design
The first animated movie created in 1906 was a revolutionary step forward in storytelling. Every year, the technology behind motion in storytelling grows more impressive, and the same will remain true in 2018. Web designers are leaving older technologies behind, opting instead for more advanced 2D and 3D motion graphics. Animation for 2018 Business owners and web … [Read more...]
Information On Different Types Of People For Graphic Communication, Website And Information Designers
You are not the only one using your designs. Every day we use graphic communication design from reading letters which have come through the post, or the newspaper in the morning, to reading and using information at work, to travelling and navigating in the environment. How can we include as many people as possible when designing graphic communication and information, and … [Read more...]
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