Mainframe computers are often seen as ancient machines—practically dinosaurs. But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today. It’s estimated that there are 10,000 mainframes in use today. They’re used almost exclusively by the largest companies in the world, including two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, eight … Read the rest
Author: Jag
Converting Figma to React
Convert Figma to React: turn Figma components into clean, boilerplate React components—inside Figma—using Anima. Anima is an official Figma partner, and its code generation AI is natively integrated into Figma’s new Dev Mode Panel. User can generate efficient, readable, maintainable code for any Figma component or screen in real-time.
Types of design systems
Wow, this overview of different types of design systems by Dan Mall is eye-opening!
It’s fascinating to see how each aspect, from visual language to practice, plays a unique and crucial role in creating a successful design system. I never realized the various levels of maturity and the importance of shared ownership and value to drive adoption. These additional resources … Read the rest
Design System Maturity Model
Not every design system is the same. When we make decisions on how to consolidate design systems, set up one or improve the workflow, we need to understand what kind of design system we are working on. “Six Different Types of Design Systems” (https://lnkd.in/ennktfmg) is a helpful overview by Dan Mall that highlights 6 different kinds of design … Read the rest
Strategic UX Research
Strategic UX Research is how organizations connect their long-term direction and strategy to customers’ and users’ deepest needs. It’s been around for a while but only recently has caught the attention of top executives. Every organization, independent of its industry or nature, can benefit from Strategic UX Research. Strategic UX Research is a force multiplier. Organizations get more done with … Read the rest
Generative AI terminology
Generative AI is moving at an incredible pace, bringing with it a whole new raft of terminology. With articles packed full of terms like prompt injection, embeddings and funky acronyms like LoRA, it can be a little hard to keep pace. Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence algorithms that are designed to create new and original content, … Read the rest
Making Software Products Accessible
Every year on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, people come together to raise awareness about the barriers many users still face in the digital world.
This May, we, Doro Hinrichs and Oded Sharon, attended an accessibility panel discussion and workshop with UserVision on Creating Accessible Digital Experiences. The panel brought together experts in the field, including Mark Palmer, the accessibility … Read the rest
Usability Testing: the right way
Usability testing is one of the most important parts of the web design process, but it’s also one of the most hated. Many people hate doing usability tests because they’re uncomfortable and they don’t want to hear what their users have to say. But if you’re doing it wrong, you’re only making things worse. The key to a successful usability … Read the rest
e-Commerce Cart Abandonment in 2023
69.99% – average documented online shopping cart abandonment rate. Many of them can be fixed purely through design changes. Let’s take a look at just 1 of 140 examples in our new checkout research study. 17% of US online shoppers have abandoned an order in the past quarter solely due to a “too long / complicated checkout process”. … Read the rest
UX Mentorship
A good UX (user experience) mentor can help you unlock user’s potential as a designer and achieve success in user’s career. They can provide guidance, advice and insights that help you grow as a designer and improve user’s skills. But finding a good UX mentor is not always easy. It takes time and effort to find someone who is right … Read the rest