Inspiring content from the UX world

Although the design of the user interface is most often associated with unlimited creativity and the search for new solutions, there are certain principles that influence the optimization of the entire design process. These include Shneiderman's 8 Golden Rules, which he created in 1985. Despite the passage of time, these principles are still relevant and used by designers around the world. How do they sound and what problems do they help solve?

This week we celebrate not only Independence Day, but an inconspicuous individual has its day - a hedgehog! They do not know about their holiday, because November is the time when they fall into hibernation. However, we will offer you the opportunity to surprise them, for example by supporting this collection. And in today's compilation, a text about how not to stab a customer in the eye with unfriendly messages, an article about preparing a marketing strategy for the upcoming Black Friday, as well as about how big brands cope with communication in crisis situations.

Google Analytics is one of the best tools to study traffic, market and effectiveness of marketing campaigns. However, it can also be used to track metrics that will tell you what to do to improve the UX of your digital product. How does Google Analytics data affect the development capabilities of websites or applications?

Today is the Day of Emergency Medical Services - a holiday of people who often, on the verge of their endurance, tirelessly save other lives. For coffee, we propose articles about orderliness, (non) literality of interfaces and lying polls. In addition, we will consider together whether we should design for the enjoyment of users and we will look for tools that will not limit us.

Today is National Loud Reading Day, so find an audience, sit back and get to work. And you have to read texts about the possibilities of change in the approach to UX/UI design, the phenomenon of TikTok and engaging users with a properly selected sound design and pop-ups. Finally, leave yourself an instruction for practicing creativity.

The ability to understand the needs of customers is fundamental in UX design. An effective way to learn about user experience is through quantitative and qualitative UX research. The latter allow to reach the minds of the recipient and obtain information on how to improve the product.

Tab sorting is a simple and relatively cheap method that is designed to help you understand how to structure and organize content by the user in the most logical way possible for him. Card sorting can be carried out in many ways, including on paper, Post-It notes or thanks to online tools operating in remote mode.

Dia Internacional de la Dot a la Dota a la Día de Irrigación del Sistema, por lo que hoy nos foreremos a quatro legos (en particular nos Dot) se, como parte de la celebración, elecione a dirêjkirina nap a mesrefa a rêveçûnek li ser sibeyek şil. We propose to use the saved time to read a lecture on the genesis and consequences of creating network standards, an entry about problems with readability of content and a summary of important elements of the customer support center project. We also return to thoughts about creating a portfolio, and we end with an essay on designing the experiences of people tired of the ubiquitous noise.

On the occasion of the beginning of the school year, prepare for 5 lessons today. We start with a primer — a text that helps to understand the essence of UX design and an article explaining the psychological and biological bases of belief formation. There are also creativity exercises in the context of AI algorithms generating images and a short marketing lesson for smart home brands. Finally, we propose practices from the presentation of the portfolio of works.