How a design researcher used Artificial Intelligence for getting main insights from transcripts of user interviews, saving at least 2 days of affinity mapping work in just 5 minutes. This is particularly great when you need to check information or designs quickly to make informed decisions when the agile development workflow is breathing on your neck.
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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).
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UX Research Without Users
How to Run UX Research Without Access To Users. With practical techniques to avoid guesswork and gather insights if you can’t talk directly to users.
These are some very practical and realistic insights. Having worked in a small team, leading enterprise level financial product design, these are the techniques we use day in and out to gather user insights. Sales … 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
Direct to Mobile (D2M).
Mobile phones on the other hand offer convenience. What if the world of broadband “converged” with the world of broadcast? If that happened on your phone, you could use the internet to do video calls and WhatsApp and switch to broadcast if you wanted to watch an IPL match lag free. It’s like having a satellite television on your phone. … Read the rest
User Journey Map
Journey maps help us better understand how users interact with our product. We can use them to identify unnecessary complexity but also opportunities in the user experience. The Journey Map Figma template by Notably makes it easy to create journey maps for ideation. It includes an example and an empty journey map to create your own.
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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