Top UX predictions for 2014
If 2013 marked a year of frenzied growth in the land of experience design, 2014 could be a year of downright explosive expansion. There's no arguing that connectivity will increase…
4 UX principles Microsoft forgot that doomed Windows 8
Microsoft has bet the future of Windows on a risky strategy of creating an operating system that works on both tablets and desktops. This seemingly smart strategy is doomed for…
Building prototypes to support Participatory Design
As UX professionals, we often lead design exercises with our stakeholders, including immediate team members and external clients. In these brainstorming sessions, participants identify opportunities to improve the design, thereby…
Achieving alignment: Collaboration vs Wireframes?
In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss whether wireframes can sometimes be a crutch that product teams rely on too much when trying to achieve alignment rather than…
The case for Responsive Web Design
A study conducted by Google entitled “The New Multi-screen World “found more people are accessing online content using different devices of varying screen size. For example, people might start researching…
Card sorting defined
Card sorting can be described as a technique that is used to help structure, improve or define the menu and taxonomy of a website or product. This is mostly used…
The power of A\B Testing
A/B testing is a technique that is used measure which of two or more concepts that are relatively similar help an organization to attain a goal more efficiently. This technique,…
Beyond Usability Testing
As web professionals, we’re accustomed to putting out fine websites based on best practices, analytics data, competitor review, secondary research, and our own expertise. Talented as we may be, though,…
Your website has two faces
Like the Roman god Janus (and many a politician), every web application has two faces: Its human face interacts with people, while its machine face interacts with computer systems, often…