User Type Views & Annotations with Polypage Software
“Here is another very good Polypage HTML wireframe submitted by Joey Marchy from nGen Works. Two interesting uses of Polypage make themselves visible in this sample. First, on the upper left hand side,...
View ArticleUse of Photos in Interaction Design
“The barrier between web pages and desktop software is beginning to disappear, and modern rich client user interface technologies such as Silverlight/WPF, Air, or Java FX enables designers to take the...
View ArticleIntroducing Interaction Design Frameworks
“Whereas a design pattern is a common solution to a specific, recurring problem (such as pagination interfaces), an interaction design framework is a set of design patterns and other elements used...
View ArticleAnatomy of an Iteration
“Unfortunately, we’ve found that many teams don’t know how to iterate effectively. Good iteration is a deliberate activity, with four important stages: planning, implementing, measuring, and learning....
View ArticleAn Overview of Prototyping and Interactive Design
“In the broadest sense, all kinds of design artifacts are prototypes. Pencil sketches, blocks of wood, storyboards, wireframes, foam-core models, pixel-perfect state renderings, clickable demos, and...
View Article20 Steps to Better Wireframes
” Possibly the biggest mistake in any development project is failure to plan. Recently, the owner of a prospective start-up told me that planning was unnecessary and a good developer could just start...
View ArticleUsable Accessibility: Making Web Sites Work Well for People with Disabilities
“Such problems often come from trying to make a Web site accessible without understanding how people with disabilities actually use the Web. The challenge for UX designers is to find ways of including...
View ArticleView Your Web Pages in Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer Browsers
“How many times have you had to debug your web pages on virtual or multiple machines running different versions of Internet Explorer? Or had to wait for a slow web service to return renderings of your...
View ArticleUI Pattern Documentation Review
“To date, the most common approach to propagating a single user experience standard is the development of UI guidelines and principles documentation within an organization. Development teams — usually...
View ArticleHow to Find the Perfect Color and Create a Color Palette
“No single visual element has more effect on a viewer than color. Color gets attention, sets a mood, sends a message. But what colors are the right ones? The key is that color is relational. Colors...
View ArticleQuick and Dirty Remote User Usability Testing
“There are three basic approaches to conducting quick remote interface tests, whether you’re testing live websites, designs, wireframes, or prototypes. The approach you take will depend mostly on how...
View ArticleContrast is King in Design
“If you can make a solid design in black, white, and shades of gray, it will often allow you to translate your design to almost any color combination—as long as that color combination maintains the...
View ArticleHow to Design Without Graphics
Amazing little video that shows how to use white space and contrast to create image-free designs. The video is an excellent introduction for non-designers, as well, about the nature of white space, how...
View Article50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files
“This article focuses on actual wireframing tools and standalone applications, as well as resources that you’ll need to build your own wireframe: wireframing kits, browser windows, form elements,...
View ArticleYour Sneak Peek at Photoshop CS6
Photoshop CS6 Beta is available for download. Some of the many new features include: General Features Dark UI Presets (Migrate Presets and Import/Export) Patch Tool w/Content-Aware Option Scripted...
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