89% of workers agree:
Empathy is a leadership superpower.
And it’s not just a nice trait to have in a leader.
Empathy is essential for leaders to be at their peak.
It transforms the way you connect with your team,
so you can bring out the best in everyone.
Employee studies by EY show the impact of empathy:
• 89% … Read the rest
Category: DESIGN
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Most common UX design mistakes
If you are a UX designer, you know how important it is to create user-friendly, engaging, and accessible products that meet the needs and expectations of your target audience. However, you also know how easy it is to make mistakes that can ruin your reputation, lower your performance, and hinder your career growth. In this article, we will discuss some … Read the rest
New WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Guidelines
High-level overview of what’s new and what’s changed in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines – WCAG 2.2, which have been promoted to W3C Recommendation status.
Whom do these guidelines help?
- Users with Low Vision – The new criteria in WCAG 2.2 expand the specifications for visuals and improve the focus of on-screen items to enable better visual perception and keyboard
Quick guide | WCAG 2.2 Accessibility
New WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Guidelines, and what it means for you. Useful pointers with guidelines to comply with WCAG 2.2 A, AA and AAA ↓
✅ WCAG 2.1 is a golden standard for digital accessibility.
✅ It comes with 3 conformance levels: A, AA and AAA.
✅ Each level comes with its set of “success criteria” (guidelines).
✅ Level AA … Read the rest
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Strategic UX Research
Strategic UX Research, conversely, is about attaining a deeper understanding of all the different users and their individual experiences.
Everyone learns more about what makes an excellent experience for users and customers and where the experience could be better. Every organization, big and small, benefits from Strategic UX Research. It delivers a human-centered approach, contributing to long-term success while providing immediate wins. … Read the rest
Deliveroo – Figma File Management UI Library
If you and your team want to capture and communicate thoughts and design changes directly in your Figma files, the File Management UI Library might be just what you’ve been looking for. Created by the Experience team at Deliveroo, it includes file management goodies that help you bring more context to your designs. Inside the library, you’ll find banners to separate flows … Read the rest
Figma – Design Specs Plugins
Preparing a design for developer handoff is usually a time-consuming task. Luckily, there are some Figma plugins out there to speed things up. One of them is EightShapes Specs. The plugin automatically produces page and component design specifications of selected components, instances, and frames for you. This not only comes in handy for design-dev handoffs but also for auditing … Read the rest
How to structure a design system in Figma?
Depending on the Figma plan you’re on, there are different possibilities. Luis Ouriach shares a design system FigJam file with recommendations for a workable structure a design system.
The file features advice on design system structure for teams, projects, and files. It highlights the structural differences between each paid Figma plan and features example structure setups for each one of … 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