Four Key Principles of Mobile User Experience Design
Academic Insights Tested in the Real World
by Dakota Reese Brown
Source: http
Small Multiples Within a User Interface
By Luke Wroblewski
Source: uxmatters.com
Complexity and User Experience
Understanding features in terms of complexity instead of functionality
by Jon Bolt
The best products don’t focus on features, they focus on clarity. Problems should be fixed through simple solutions, something you don’t have to configure, maintain, control. The perfect solution needs to be so simple and transparent you forget it’s even there.
Source: boxesandarrows.com
Are Design Patterns an Anti-pattern?
“Design patterns are generally considered a good thing, but do they actually help run a user experience group?”
(Stephen Turbek ~ Boxes and Arrows)
Source: informationdesign.org
Defining an Interaction Model: The Cornerstone of Application Design
[Conceptual Model for PowerPoint]
Article By Jim Nieters
“Defining the right interaction model is a foundational requirement for any digital system and contributes to a cohesive, overall UX architecture.”
Source: uxmatters.com
Raising the Bar for Mobile Standards
How standards documentation puts UX at the core of mobile application development.
by Megan Geyer
Source: uxmag.com
Creating Usable Links & Buttons
“Why do users sometimes expect buttons and at other times expect links? What should we do to further differentiate these interface elements and make them unambiguous?”
Article by Andrew Maier
Source: uxbooth.com
Affordances in Modern Web Design (Slideshare)
Andrew Maier discusses and defines affordances, a concept that is rooted in psychology, and first manifested within a practical application in industrial design. Andrew then shows how to bring these concepts to web and interface design. Lastly, Andrew speaks to overdesign in interface design and how to avoid it.
