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Plan ahead when designing semi-transparent overlays

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Alex Poole

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...

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Crazy pop-out menu

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Alex Poole

Site navigation not obvious enough? Why not use the traditional UI design method of slapping a great big pop-out chameleon on your site! People tend to notice t...

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What to read next when you get to the bottom of the page

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Alex Poole

Suggestion of what to read next when you get to the bottom of the page from Alex Poole on Vimeo.

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Highlight selection with an obvious cue

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Alex Poole

You can make a selection by clicking a radio button, but it’s also nice to receive very obvious feedback as shown in this video. The example comes from th...

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Give direction

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Alex Poole

Often people don’t know what they can do in an app. It’s useful to give them a bit of direction especially if the workflow or way of interacting is ...

Featured articles

  • How Agile and UX can work together
  • Avoid jobs advertised as “UI/UX Designer”
  • Playing Top Trumps with UX
  • Good UX should bridge the divide between online and offline worlds

Original research

  • Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?
  • Fighting bad typography research
  • Eyetracking metrics (book chapter)
  • How do people find and recognise browser bookmarks?

Good vs bad UX

  • Poster or stamp? Use sensible defaults for product previews
  • Plan ahead when designing semi-transparent overlays
  • Use sensible defaults on forms
  • Supermarket receipt with categories
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