It amazes me that in 2009, there are still hundreds of thousands of applications being developed everyday without someone like myself (a user experience designer/specialist) manning the helm from the perspective of the user’s experience with that site or application. This is a great article about “why” you need a user experience role on your project teams. Kudos to the New Jersey Business News for reporting on this and hat tip to Jolilore on Twitter for finding and sharing the link.
Hat tip to @iamkhayyam on Twitter for finding this gem. Don’t do this peeps! :-)
Very cool toolkit developed with IDE and the Gate Foundation that is free for you to learn from. Human-Centered Design is a process used for decades to create new solutions for companies and organizations. Thanks to @JudiWunderlich for sharing this on Twitter.
» Read the article and details and download toolkit goodies at the Ideo website.
When designing charts and reports in web apps, we often have to get creative in displaying a lot of complex data in a meaningful way. I wanted to alert you to this excellent overview and many awesome examples of great infographic design, courtesy of iShift. Here’s one example… visit their site to read the whole article. It’s a resource you can visit again and again!
Read the article: InfoGraphic Designs: Overview, Examples and Best Practices
I was prepared to find flaws in this post because the title is actually “9 Crucial UI Features of SM & Networking Sites.” Many of the suggestions are things I do on a routine basis when designing modern web applications of any type (not just social media focused.) These are not crucial features however, but rather design techniques to keep the eye focused on the user’s task at hand.
Some great detailed observations here for any aspiring application designer, thanks to Smashing Magazine who continually impresses with their fun articles. Check out the UI tips!
Unfortunately, I don’t believe these work with IE or Chrome, but if workarounds can be developed, these buttons are really fine-looking and can make your UI a lot nicer!
ZURB shows how to create scalable, “Super Awesome Buttons with CSS3 and RGBA”
