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.
Author: Alex Poole
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 t...
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...
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 lyri...
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. &nbs...
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 simp...
Gift-wrap with guidelines
A simple yet useful innovation to help you cut your wrapping paper straight.
Don’t ask, just do it!
Yes, I’m browsing from a mobile – just give me the mobile version by default please.
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 positiv...
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 li...