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I really want accent colors to ship in GNOME, and we’re approaching the beginning of the GNOME 47 cycle, so… what’s blocking it? The short answer: design consensus.
The longer answer: there are outstanding—but imho not insurmountable—concerns and a lot of design work to do around it. 🧵
#GNOME #GNOMEDesign #UXdesign #UX #design
Placeholders in Form Fields are Harmful
Data-entry form fields on websites are crucial for ecommerce and many other applications. Fields need labels and (sometimes) instructions, but placing this t...YouTube
UX Principles that include Cognitive Accessibility
A Cognitive perspective on UX Design Principles including a neurodivergent perspective with links to relevant guidance and resources.www.ab11y.com
4 design principles I use every day to avoid bad UX and create products that work for everyone (by Adam Silver)
Principle 1: Good design works for everyone
Principle 2: Good design makes things obvious
Principle 3: Good design puts users in control
Principle 4: Good design is lightweight
#UXDesign #UIDesign #webdesign
4 design principles I use every day to avoid bad UX and create products that work for everyone
Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UKAdamsilver.io
General User Experience Design Guidance - Book of Adam Z
This page lists design guideline suggestions backed by logical reasoning that has often been proven in usability studies. Many GUI designers either ignore or don’t know about many of these basic rules that should probably be common sense.Adam Z. Lein (Book of Adam Z)
The problem with input masks and what to do instead
Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UKAdamsilver.io
The problem with automatically focusing the first input and what to do instead
Adam Silver – interaction designer - London, UKAdamsilver.io
I'm thinking about the new start window for Renga with the new anonymous chat option. I think I'm going for this but I don't like that "create new account" is a radio item+a button (in the current version it's just a button and there is no radio list)
Any idea how to avoid this? Thought about it on and off for a few days but didn't come up with something convincing
Designing services for people who need help with numbers
Low numeracy affects half of adults in the UK. Many live with the limitations of not understanding numbers and the impact that has on everyday life.Accessible Numbers
Float labels may put you in the cool club, but they’re terrible UX.
It’s much better if your input’s label:
1) is legible
2) is above the input
3) doesn’t move about
4) is not mistaken for an answer
Simple > clever
-Adam Silver via Twitter
Designing for Reduced Motion
It’s important to consider the reduced-motion experience during design and development.Craft CMS
https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/accessibility-resources-tools-articles-books-for-designer/
#UIDesign #WebDesign #a11y #design #uxDesign
Accessibility for designer: where do I start? by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.
A big list of resources, articles, blog posts, and checklists to help you, designers, get started on your “building more accessible products” journey.Stéphanie Walter (Stéphanie Walter - Senior UX Designer, Mobile Expert, Conference Speaker, Blog writer and Teacher.)
What is Cognitive Load?
Understand the different types of cognitive load, and how to minimize it to make designs more user-friendly.YouTube
The State Of Usability In 2023 🎊 — Smashing Magazine
That’s how people behave on the web in 2023. Some observations from real usability testing on what people do and what they don’t do on the web. From disabled copy-paste to magic link sign-in.Smashing Magazine
Useful Accessibility And Usability Examples To Help Improve Your Designs — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Thomas Bohm shares strategies and methods to tackle some common graphic communication problems and gives you insights into how to improve accessibility and usability and make your designs much better.Smashing Magazine
10 types of cognitive bias to watch out for in UX research & design
Understanding cognitive bias's are not only important for UX Research and UX design, but also for navigating every day life. Bias seeps into our judgement and thinking which can warp the reality of…Steffan Morris Hernandez (Bootcamp)
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/11/thunderbird-supernova-preview-the-new-calendar-design/
#uxdesign #opensourcesoftware
Thunderbird Supernova Preview: The New Calendar Design
One of the major improvements to look forward to in Thunderbird "Supernova" is a beautifully redesigned calendar UI. Here's your first look!Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)
- technical problems
- product problems
- user problems
The first two are the most salient - and usually most rewarded - problems for the product team. But no matter how many of those problems you solve, your user doesn't care. #UXDesign
https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2018/05/how-to-create-good-error-messages.php
How to Create Good Error Messages :: UXmatters
Web magazine about user experience matters, providing insights and inspiration for the user experience communityUXmatters