There are some fairly obvious things to consider when taking your products to a global audience such as translation and localization but there are also some less obvious but critical factors you need to pay attention to too.Legal EnvironmentsThe world is a complex place and the legal environments of
There comes a point in every project when you have to start testing the ideas that you have with users and collect their feedback. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the automated tools you can use to do this with.VerifyAuthor/Copyright holder: VerifyApp. Copyright terms and licence: All rights reserv
This is a question that comes up a lot even with experience UX designers. It can be tricky deciding what technique to use for the right results. We think it probably starts with an understanding of qualitative and quantitative techniques and then you can start to select the right technique with just
Looking to get more out of your usability tests? It can be hard working out how to make your tests more effective and return a greater ROI. Yet, there are some simple steps you can take to improve the results of usability tests without having to spend a fortune or put in a lot of extra time…1. The S
Being on a website with your credit card in hand and then not being able to find what you want to buy is a PITA. It’s also expensive for the website owner. If someone can’t find what they’ve come to buy; they aren’t buying it – well they’re not buying it from you, they can probably find it someplace
It’s a fact of life that no matter how well you test your website; you’re going to end up with broken links. One minor tweak and you can find that dozens of links are broken and the first time you’re going to know about it is when you analytics package starts spitting out dozens of 404 error page hi
Planning for user research is hard work but essential to ensure that you get the most from your user research. We’ve come up with a brief list of things you might want to consider as you develop your plan: Everybody LiesAuthor/Copyright holder: Marshall Mathers. Copyright terms and licence: CC BY-N
The whole point of UX research is to get in touch with your users. One technique for doing so is the user workshop. You bring together a group of users (and possibly the client too) and get them to talk about their opinions, behaviours, feelings, etc. It’s worth noting that user workshops are not i
Scrolling is just going up and down the screen, but designers have been adding some bells and whistles to this aspect of the web user experience for at least four or five years. Some of these attempts to enhance the scrolling experience can be found at CSS-TRICKS in Chris Coyier's article Fancy Scro
There comes a point in a project, usually after you have worked out the objectives for that project and developed some hypothetical ideas for the product, which you need to move onto deciding how to conduct your research. Choosing a methodology to conduct that research doesn’t need to be a painful p
There’s so much evidence that the smartphone user isn’t invested in mobile internet so much as they are invested in the use of apps, that it seems impossible for a brand to avoid investing in developing its own app. This should mean huge opportunities for UX designers. With every brand seeking an
Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (1907-1978) and his wife Bernice Alexandra “Ray” Eames (1912-1988) were multi-disciplinary American designers who contributed to modern architecture, furniture design, graphic design, fine art and film.About Charles EamesCharles was a rebellious designer and initially he att
People buy products that they like. They want them to solve their problems without introducing bigger problems. They want them to be easy to use as long as that ease of use doesn’t drag down performance. They want products that are fun to use. These needs drive the way that people shop and the succe
It’s not that easy, you say? What if it was that easy? Would you take the plunge? You see, many of us can start working in UX today. In fact, with a little forethought many of us can work in just about any job they want starting today (excluding the obvious roles which legally require certification)
There are two broad ways of looking at things: local focus vs. global focus. When we have a local focus we are concentrating on the component elements of something. And when we have a global focus we are looking at the whole, wider ranging picture, rather than fixating on the individual elements tha
If you’re in the process of setting up a UX team or you’re wondering why your investment in UX isn’t paying the dividends that you expected it to; then you’re not alone. There are several mistakes that business owners and project managers make when using UX teams and avoiding them can make all the d
Data-driven design, it sounds so reasonable doesn’t it? The idea that we should design based on information that we collect from our users is simply logical. Yet, in practice data-driven design is often poorly understood and even more poorly implemented. Much of this lays with the way that organizat
“A little learning is a dangerous thing.” Is the famous quote from Alexander Pope but many people don’t seem to know that this isn’t what Pope meant. In fact the whole quote is as follows; “A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep or taste not the Pierian Spring.”What Pope meant was that w
It’s an important question. Can we measure the user experience and determine whether the design is good? Or are we championing a lost cause without knowing it? In order to be taken seriously as UX professionals, we need to be able to show that our work has meaning, and that means having something ta
We recently ran an article on how to get the most out of localizing a website. In that article we concentrated on the basics; the things that absolutely must be done for a localized website to have an impact. Today, we’d like to take a look at 5 more things that are, perhaps, a little less obvious b
AI is replacing jobs everywhere, yet design jobs are booming with a projected 45% job growth. With design skills, you can create products and services people love. More love means more impact and greater salary potential.
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