Design

How hamburger menus can increase your conversion rate

Did you know that your website navigation can affect your conversion rate? Several studies have found that minimizing navigation on…

11 years ago

Never use the word ‘test’

When I first started life as a user researcher, it was commonplace (and it it still is) to refer to…

11 years ago

Methods to Achieve User Delight

Designers like to talk about achieving the ultimate goal of “user delight.” In fact, it’s one of our primary goals…

11 years ago

7 Reasons Usability Problems Don’t Get Fixed

Ever wonder why you keep encountering the same usability problems on the websites and apps you use? Sure, many organizations…

11 years ago

Navigating the Mobile Jungle

A quantitative look at mobile usability and conversion-friendly design. Did you know 1.2 billion people access the web from mobile…

11 years ago

An icon is worth 1,000 words

A picture is worth one thousand words. This aphorism means even more when we apply it to icons: save, open,…

11 years ago

Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose?

The Web is a well established kingdom of acronyms and buzz words. I’m sorry to say so, but we tend…

11 years ago

Where to place icons next to button labels

Icons placed next to button labels are like bullet points placed next to items in a list. Both can make…

11 years ago

UX How-To with Luke Wroblewski

Luke Wroblewski presents some great how-to video tutorials on User Experience.  | Video playlist

11 years ago

The Information Architecture Value Chain

In my last column, I described how an information architecture (IA) compass is useful in grounding your approach to solving…

11 years ago