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How hamburger menus can increase your conversion rate

Posted by By Rob Cowie 22 July 2014Posted inBehaviour, Design, Theory
Did you know that your website navigation can affect your conversion rate? Several studies have found that minimizing navigation on sign up pages increases conversion rates. One explanation for this…
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Never use the word ‘test’

Posted by By Rob Cowie 19 July 2014Posted inBehaviour, Design, Theory
When I first started life as a user researcher, it was commonplace (and it it still is) to refer to research as user testing or usability testing. I soon observed…
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Methods to Achieve User Delight

Posted by By Rob Cowie 19 July 2014Posted inBehaviour, Design, Theory
Designers like to talk about achieving the ultimate goal of “user delight.” In fact, it’s one of our primary goals where I work at RelateIQ. It’s not enough to just…
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7 Reasons Usability Problems Don’t Get Fixed

Posted by By Rob Cowie 27 May 2014Posted inDesign, Theory
Ever wonder why you keep encountering the same usability problems on the websites and apps you use? Sure, many organizations don't conduct usability tests on their products, but many do,…
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Navigating the Mobile Jungle

Posted by By Rob Cowie 15 May 2014Posted inDesign, Theory
A quantitative look at mobile usability and conversion-friendly design. Did you know 1.2 billion people access the web from mobile devices? Mobile traffic accounts for over 15% of all Internet…
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An icon is worth 1,000 words

Posted by By Rob Cowie 15 May 2014Posted inDesign, Theory
A picture is worth one thousand words. This aphorism means even more when we apply it to icons: save, open, and print are just a few of the many actions…
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Agile UX vs Lean UX, which should you choose?

Posted by By Rob Cowie 15 May 2014Posted inDesign, Strategy, Theory
The Web is a well established kingdom of acronyms and buzz words. I’m sorry to say so, but we tend to generate a lot of terms that more often than…
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Where to place icons next to button labels

Posted by By Rob Cowie 15 May 2014Posted inDesign, Theory
Icons placed next to button labels are like bullet points placed next to items in a list. Both can make information easier to find and scan, as long as they’re…
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UX How-To with Luke Wroblewski

Posted by By Rob Cowie 11 May 2014Posted inDesign, Strategy, Theory, Video
Luke Wroblewski presents some great how-to video tutorials on User Experience.  | Video playlist
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The Information Architecture Value Chain

Posted by By Rob Cowie 11 May 2014Posted inDesign, Strategy, Theory
In my last column, I described how an information architecture (IA) compass is useful in grounding your approach to solving IA challenges and offers a perspective that is good to…
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