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Why Toggle Tokens Are a Better Alternative to Checkboxes
What interface component would you use for selecting from a large set of options? For most designers, checkboxes come to mind. But a long list of checkboxes is intimidating to users and can cause them...
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Why UX Designers Need to Learn UI Design
There’s often confusion between what user experience and the user interface is. They sound the same, but the UI is not the UX. The user interface is the tool and medium that shapes the user experience....
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The Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility
There’s a growing demand for designers to make their interfaces accessible to all users. It’s important to accommodate users with disabilities, but there are many myths to color contrast accessibility...
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Qualaroo: Conduct User Testing Within Your Mockups
How easy would user testing be if you could gather user feedback right within your mockup? Users would be able to tell you what they think within the context and flow of their scenarios. The result is...
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Vettery: The Hiring Marketplace to Land Your Dream Job
You’ve updated your resume and portfolio, and you’re ready to go job hunting. You apply to company after company and hear nothing back. This commonplace approach to finding a job is stressful and...
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The Aesthetic-Accessibility Paradox
Every interface has a subset of users that make up the majority and minority. The majority of users usually have normal vision, while the minority have some form of visual impairment. There’s a big...
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Porkbun: Your Very Own .design Domain for Free
Whether you’re building a portfolio, blog, or product, a design-related website needs a memorable domain name. AirBnB, and Uber are popular brands that understand this. That’s why they use a .design...
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ProtoPie: The Interaction Design Tool UX Designers Need
Many UX designers prototype, but very few prototype with dynamic interactions. The difference it’ll make on your design is night and day. ProtoPie is the only prototyping tool that allows you to add...
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Why You Shouldn’t Use Solid or Underlined Text Fields
Text fields have evolved stylistically over the years. Designers are getting more creative with them, but sometimes a little too creative. One particular style that’s caught the eye of many is the...
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Improve Your Sign-Up Form with Off-White Text Fields
When designing an app, most designers put all their effort into the content pages but overlook the sign-up form. What users end up getting is a form that’s visually unappealing, stale, and clinical. A...
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Why Infield Top-Aligned Labels Beat Floating Labels
Form field label alignment has evolved. It’s been five years since I first introduced infield top-aligned labels and its advantages over both top-aligned and infield labels. Many designers and...
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When to Use a Floating Call-to-Action Button
Flick, flick, flick, flick! That’s the sound of the user’s finger scrolling through your long mobile landing page. Eventually, they’ll get flick fatigue and abandon your page if they don’t see the...
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Why Radio Buttons and Checkboxes Can’t Co-Exist
Radio buttons and checkboxes have long been components that cause users confusion. These components are often used in the same context, but look completely different. Designers and developers know the...
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The Fastest Navigation Layout for a Three-Level Menu
When users navigate an interface, there’s a need for speed. The faster it is for them to find what they’re looking for, the more time they’ll save on their task. Speed is essential for menus that...
View ArticleHow Scan Control Improves the Readability of Content Cards
Content cards are one of the most common ways for apps to organize their content. They allow users to consume bite-sized samples while they browse before clicking on one to get the full-sized meal....
View ArticleSolving the Megaton Problem with Mega Menus
How fast can you find the three of diamonds in a deck of playing cards? The answer is not very fast because you have to sift through so many irrelevant cards to get to the right one. This is what...
View ArticleUsersnap: The Snappiest Way to Get Customer Feedback
The relationships between online businesses and their users are getting more intimate. Users now have the ability to voice their satisfaction or displeasure with an app or website in just a click. The...
View ArticleSecrets to High Engagement on Hamburger Menus
Have you ever wondered why users aren’t using your hamburger menu to navigate? This problem is common among interfaces with no solution in sight until now. This article will break down the problem and...
View ArticleFlow Patterns for Figma
There’s one thing you need to do before you design and develop your app. You need to create a flow map. A flow map maps how each screen of your app interacts with each other so that you can identify...
View ArticleWhy You Should Show Microinteractions on Flow Maps
Flow maps are designed to represent all possible navigational paths of an interface to help designers plan. However, there are more that users do on interfaces than navigate. A flow map that only...
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