How Agile and UX can work together
The UX process and the Scrum sprint format don’t naturally sync together. Like a relationship, you have to work at it for both parties to be happy.
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Poster or stamp? Use sensible defaults for product previews
I love the London Transport Museum shop, especially the classic posters. I love how they provide a preview pane with an everyday object so you can imagine how the poster might look in your home. However, I don’t love this ridiculous default size when you first arrive on the page – makes me think I’m […]
Continue reading →Avoid jobs advertised as “UI/UX Designer”
Jobs such as “UI/UX Designer” are often advertised in France and some other countries – but you should think twice before applying even if you have a background in visual design. They may indicate that the company misunderstands UX or doesn’t really value it enough.
Continue reading →Plan ahead when designing semi-transparent overlays
This is a web version of the common problem you see in subtitled films – white text on a white background is going to be very hard to read (see Gaîté lyrique). I always prefer automatically overlaid text to have a dark mask behind it to guarantee sufficient contrast. The consumerist website tries to avoid […]
Continue reading →Use sensible defaults on forms
This search form on iLounge seems to have archives going back to the birth of Christ, either that or they’re not using a sensible default start date.
Continue reading →Supermarket receipt with categories
While on holiday I spotted another small yet great innovation for an everyday object. Here’s a supermarket receipt with the products you bought, not listed simply in the order they were scanned, but grouped together into categories.
Continue reading →Gift-wrap with guidelines
A simple yet useful innovation to help you cut your wrapping paper straight.
Continue reading →Don’t ask, just do it!
Yes, I’m browsing from a mobile – just give me the mobile version by default please.
Continue reading →The New Yorker has a great new responsive design… shame the adverts spoil it
Update – Only took them 2 days to fix it – well done New Yorker! The New Yorker unveiled its new responsive redesign today, and was reviewed positively. It’s true that it is very nice, but I think the adverts pollute the clean aesthetics, and worse, they think responsive break-points don’t apply to them!
Continue reading →UX is for the whole life of a site, not just the design stage
This is the branch locator page for BNP Paribas on the French island of La Réunion. As you can see, the default zoom level in the Google maps widget is set a little bit too low! I’ve adjusted it to a more useful zoom level below. This is a good example that shows why UX […]
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