Not much has changed as rapidly as the workplace. This is especially the case with digital designers. 20 years ago, it might have been the norm for you to go to one company, learn one well-defined role, and stay there until you happily retired.
Fast-forward to the present, and things are much more exciting. Entry-level positions now demand a variety of skills. Innovative companies are defining new career paths. It’s a thrilling time to both work and learn.
Editor’s Note: In this article, Ruaridh discusses effective UX testing methods and provides a set of testing tools for beginners. You will learn how to measure the results of testing and determine whether it has been successful in meeting UX goals.
While Apple calls iOS 10 their biggest release ever, most of the new features are consumer-facing, like Widgets, Siri/Messages integration, and expanded notifications.
For designers, the only noticeable design changes are bolder titles and bigger use of cards, as seen in native apps like Music and News. Whereas iOS 7 started with a widespread use of thin fonts, iOS 10 is going back to using bolder texts.
If you are an experienced designer, you probably agree that being inspired by others is not stealing in UI design. It’s best practice research. It’s using design patterns. It’s following the guidelines. It’s making sure to use patterns that your users are familiar with to create usable interfaces.
But sometimes it can be hard to know where to start when choosing a color palette for your design project.
So we’ve done the hard work for you— giving you 100 color combinations inspired by nature, food & drink, travel, and everyday items.
Let’s say you run a UX team. Better yet, let’s say you don’t. Let’s say you just want to do great work. You’re a consultant. You’re a newbie. You’re an intern. Your position is irrelevant. So is your title. What’s important here is that you want great UX to happen. You want it consistently. You want it now. You want it all the time.
When deciding how to build your next prototype, the vast landscape of modern prototyping tools can be overwhelming. It’s easy to stick with the tools that you know for expedience sake, but a lot of great new tools are available and worth exploring.
As a UX specialist you already have an existing passion for qualitative data, you’ve got to. If your work has ever taken you into the realm of user feedback survey analysis then I am quite sure you know what quantitative data is too. Where qualitative data usually forces you to sift through tonnes of open-ended questions (textual analysis), quantitative data is all about number.