Posts Tagged ‘UI’
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Making Your Site ResponsiveMastering Real-World Constraints (A Case Study)
- March 28th, 2013
- 35 Comments
As UI designers, we’re always interested in learning, reading user research, understanding best practices and keeping up to date on all the latest approaches and tactics for building websites and applications. One of the most exciting concepts we’ve started to apply to our thinking is the mobile-first approach, famously pioneered by ...
Read more...Boost Your Mobile E-Commerce Sales With Mobile Design Patterns
- December 19th, 2012
- 21 Comments
People are increasingly using their smartphones as a replacement for desktop computers, even for activities such as shopping and purchasing. And as more people move away from the desktop and onto mobile-optimized websites to shop for products and services, website creators can use established design patterns to help kickstart a ...
Read more...Designing With SensorsCreating An Adaptive System To Enhance UX
- December 10th, 2012
- 18 Comments
In computer science, the term “adaptive system” refers to a process in which an interactive system adapts its behavior to individual users based on information acquired about its user(s), the context of use and its environment. Although adaptive systems have been long-discussed in academia and have been an aspiration for computer ...
Read more...InspirationAdding A Personal Touch To Your Web Design
- November 20th, 2012
- 54 Comments
The Web is technical by nature. Different scripts and pieces of code are linked together through hyperlinks, forming an endless net of interwoven, encrypted information — data that is accessible only through technical interfaces, such as Web browsers, or applications. Yet, Web professionals have made it their calling to tame the ...
Read more...UX Design Q&AAdaptive Vs. Responsive Layouts And Optimal Form Field Labels
- November 8th, 2012
- 35 Comments
Welcome to a new column in the UX Design section on Smashing Magazine! Each month we’ll pick a handful of popular questions asked by our readers around good practices in designing smart and usable experiences. They will be answered by Christian Holst, a regular author here on Smashing and founder ...
Read more...UX EnhancementGuidelines For Designing With Audio
- September 14th, 2012
- 2 Comments
As we’ve seen, audio is used as a feedback mechanism when users interact with many of their everyday devices, such as mobile phones, cars, toys and robots. There are many subtleties to designing with audio in order to create useful, non-intrusive experiences. Here, we’ll explore some guidelines and principles to ...
Read more...Stand out from the crowdFinding Your Tone Of Voice
- August 21st, 2012
- 16 Comments
Tone of voice isn’t what we say but how we say it. It’s the language we use, the way we construct sentences, the sound of our words and the personality we communicate. It is to writing what logo, color and typeface are to branding. When creating content for the Web, considering ...
Read more...Inclusive Design
- January 12th, 2012
- 51 Comments
We’ve come a long way since the days of the first Macintosh and the introduction of graphical user interfaces, going from monochrome colors to millions, from estranged mice to intuitive touchscreens, from scroll bars to pinch, zoom, flick and pan. But while hardware, software and the people who use technology ...
Read more...Introduction To Designing For Windows Phone 7 And Metro
- December 20th, 2011
- 25 Comments
Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), introduces a fresh approach to content organization and a different UX, based on the Metro design language and principles that will be incorporated into Windows 8. It also targets a different market than its predecessor: instead of being designed mainly for ...
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