In this piece, we want to narrow our focus to best understand how the fundamental differences between how Web and mobile are used require different tactics. Source: Practical Tips for Web and Mobile Usability Tests
With chatbots, Facebook wants to turn Messenger into a one-stop shop for everything from booking flights to reading news. The UX is key. Source: How Facebook’s Big Bet On Chatbots Might Remake The UX Of…
Innovation isn’t always the result of a breakthrough discovery. WhatsApp is hardly revolutionary in terms of its technology, but it is easy to use and allows people to do what they want — chat securely…
I ran across another great post on dark patterns by Harry Brignull on A List Apart a few days ago. I first learned about dark patterns back in December 2010, and I was immediately intrigued by…
Luke W, Brad Frost and several other developers have tackled the problem of how to maintain sanity and clarity while trying to design for compatibility on the dizzying array of connected devices. They’ve written a…
If you are demanding registration before checkout, you need to cease this practice immediately. It is costing you a fortune. — Bruce “Tog” Tognazzini Links: How to Achieve Painless Registration from the Ask Tog blog.
Dustin Curtis makes an interesting observation about the screen sizes of the iPhone and some of its competitors. Newer Android and Windows7 models have larger screens which look more inviting, and some would assume that…
Just saw a post on Paul Irish’s Blog explaining the “protocol relative URL”, which appears to be a great way to eliminate this confusing (or possibly even scary for some) error message in IE: “This…
When I was 15 or so I bought an album by the band Cargo Cult on the recommendation of a friend. I didn’t know what the band name meant, and since this was assuredly pre-Google, I…