AI can help us do more—across every part of the product development process—faster. It’s not a feature, but a core capability; more than a product, it’s a platform that can up-level our work to the plane of problem solving—arguably the core pursuit of our craft, and the reason many of us got into design and product building in the first … Read the rest
Heuristic Evaluations: How to Conduct
Summary: Step-by-step instructions to systematically review your product to find potential usability and experience problems. Download a free heuristic evaluation template.
A heuristic evaluation is a method for identifying design problems in a user interface. Evaluators judge the design against a set of guidelines (called heuristics) that make systems easy to use.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-to-conduct-a-heuristic-evaluation/
Visual Design in UX: Study Guide
These articles discuss why visual design is important and why it should be considered in addition to a well thought out user experience. If you’re new to visual design, we recommend you explore the following resources in order, from top to bottom.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/visual-design-in-ux-study-guide/
Multilevel Menu Design Best Practices
A good multilevel navigation menu should get users where they need to go quickly by presenting information in a clear, intuitive manner. Before we get into size-specific guidelines, let’s look at some practices that apply to all menus.
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Usability Heuristics History
Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics were defined from a factor analysis of the use of a much larger set of usability principles to explain a database of usability problems in development projects. The 10 heuristics in the final list from 1994 had the greatest explanatory power in this analysis, which is why they are still useful today.
https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/usability-heuristics-history
AI Tools for UX Designers
AI tools for UX designers that hеlp to craft smartеr and morе intuitivе dеsigns. Whether you’re a sеasonеd dеsignеr or just starting in thе fiеld, thеsе tools are here to simplify your workflow and contribute to the succеss of your dеsign projеcts. AI tools can significantly еnhancе thе capabilitiеs of UX designers by offеring various bеnеfits. Hеrе arе ways in which AI tools can … Read the rest
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
Figma elements management
How To Organize 1250+ Design Screens in Figma (+ File examples) (https://lnkd.in/e7X4fKcj), a practical case study of how to organize design screens in user flows — to reduce repetitive work and still cover all user journeys. Via Lorenzo Palacios Venin.
✅ Divide the product into files based on navigation.
✅ Each navigation section will get its own Figma file.
✅ … Read the rest
Accessibility Research
How to build and run accessibility research, across various dimensions — from permanent and temporary to situational and travel, across touch, seeing, hearing, speaking and thinking.
How We’ve Built Accessibility Research at Booking.com” (https://lnkd.in/eq_3zSPJ), a fantastic case study on how to build accessibility practices and inclusive design into UX research from scratch. Kindly put together by Maya Alvarado.
🚫 Don’t … Read the rest
Service Blueprint Design
A service blueprint is a diagram that visualizes the relationships between different service components (people, props, and processes) that are directly tied to touchpoints in a specific user journey. Service blueprints are part two of user journey mapping; they help businesses discover weaknesses and identify opportunities for optimization.
1️⃣ Define the scope and objectives
✔ Identify the service. Clearly define … Read the rest