Intuit Content Design System (https://lnkd.in/eGyBUrZ2), a comprehensive system for content designers, UX writers and IA architects that covers voice and tone, accessibility and inclusion, style, wording, AI, marketing and how to talk to customers. Neatly put together by fine folks at Intuit. 👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾
Words matter. The way how they are spoken matters, too. The voice and tone. The rhythm and … Read the rest
Category: DESIGN PROCESS
Main category
Define the scope and goals of UX design documentation
UX design documentation is a vital part of any project that involves creating or improving user interfaces and experiences. It helps you communicate your design vision, rationale, and process to various stakeholders, such as clients, developers, testers, and users. However, creating effective UX design documentation can be challenging, especially if you don’t have a clear scope and goals for it. … Read the rest
Design Process and Guidelines
Guidelines
High-level Guidelines
Guidelines are numberd for convenience but are not ordered by any particular priority.
- Don’t overwhelm viewers
- Avoid visual clutter
- Avoid poor visual design
- Carefully chose KPIs
- Align with existing workflows
- Don’t add too much data
- Provide for consistency
- Provide for interaction affordances
- Manage complexity
- Organize charts symmetrically
- Group charts by attribute
- Order charts by time
- Balance data
Dashboard Design Pattern
Design Patterns For Effective Dashboards. Practical guidelines for designing better dashboards and UX patterns to keep in mind ↓
🚫 Don’t destroy user value by oversimplification.
âś… Oftentimes life is complex and tools must match life.
âś… Dashboard value is measured by useful actions it prompts.
âś… Aim to create understanding, rather than showing raw data.
âś… Start by studying … Read the rest
User flow design
User flow design (7-step guide)
User flow is a diagram showing the path a user will take in an application to complete a task, such as making a purchase, signing up for a newsletter, etc. A user flow helps designers focus on the user’s needs and find the most efficient way to meet them.
How to design a user flow, … Read the rest
Onboarding UX Playbook
Onboarding UX Playbook (https://lnkd.in/eiKcTgZd), a practical guide on how to design better onboarding, common mistakes to avoid and some practical guidelines — along with decision trees and Figma templates below. Neatly put together by Ben Shih.
Ben highlights a few valuable points that are often forgotten or overlooked. In many interfaces, onboarding ends after just a few of … Read the rest
Accessibility Overlays
Why Accessibility Overlays Are Not A Good Idea (https://lnkd.in/eb6MX3Uh), a thorough overview of why accessibility overlays are problematic and how to argue with business about why it’s better to implement an accessible solution instead. By Ruben Ferreira Duarte.
To many companies, accessibility overlays feels like a simple, reliable and almost magical way to solve the “accessibility problem” for … Read the rest
Accessibility/Design For Deaf People.
How To Design For Deaf People. Practical guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who have some kind of deafness ↓
✅ 90–95% of deaf people come from hearing families.
âś… Deafness often occurs due to exposure to loud noises.
âś… Not only at birth; emerges with age, disease, accidents.
đźš« You can see only around 30% of … Read the rest
UX Research Methods: Glossary
UX research requires knowledge and understanding of many jargon terms. Use this glossary as a reference as you delve into research.
Optimizing Figma Files
How To Optimize Large and Slow Figma Files, a practical case study by Doctolib on how they reduced heavy Figma files by 83% — with private nested components, auto-layout, helper components and properties standardization. Kindly shared by Jérôme Benoit and shared by Jackie Torizani.
If you run into heavy and slow files, cascade your libraries down. Split your library files … Read the rest