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40 days ago
concept design user interface
12 of the Year’s Best Ideas in Interface Design
User interfaces, when done well, are the unsung hero of product design. They’re the difference between a printer whose buttons you can figure out without even reading the instructions and one you want to throw across the room.
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50 days ago
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UI Parade – User Interface Design Inspiration
Ui Parade is all about showcasing user interface design that is crafted by some of the worlds most talented ui designers.
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52 days ago
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Feedback in Interface Design
Visual feedback is extremely important in User Interface Design. It tells the user what’s happening, or what’s going to happen next, and without it the user is left guessing or frustrated. In reality buttons, controls and objects react to our interaction, so this is how people expect things to work.
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150 days ago
desgin interaction user interface
Interaction Design Tactics For Visual Designers
Consider the brand of the website. The brand is a reflection not only of the aesthetic but of the experience. If a website is gorgeous, but its beauty makes completing a transaction impossible, then the website (and brand) will ultimately fail.
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153 days ago
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Realism in UI Design
…Graphical user interfaces are full of symbols. Symbols need to be reduced to their essence. This helps avoid cluttering the user interface with meaningless distractions, and makes it easier for people to «read» the symbol and figure out the meaning of an interface element…
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160 days ago
elements user experience design user interface
Modal Windows – Good Practice or Just Glorified Pop Ups?
As web design matures, so do the tools used for web pages. As with any industry there are standards that are widely accepted and used. There are also trends that become popular over time. Modal boxes have recently become a popular tool for Internet marketing websites…
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245 days ago
elements kit user interface
Soft UI Kit: Free PSD for Mocking Up Web Designs
Soft UI Kit is a free PSD that includes most common web elements and is perfect for mocking up designs.
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299 days ago
usability user experience user interface
Less is not always More
..I have been noticing a very frightening tread. In an effort to make things more usable, we are designing interfaces without the very functions used to support usability in the first place…
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299 days ago
design interaction user interface
Why Gorgeous User Interface Design is Important
…From the top of your head, and in spite of functionality, which one would you consider buying? The gorgeous looking UI design on the left side or the clunky, SDK buttons design on the right side?…
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319 days ago
design interaction user interface
Exploring Graphic User Interface Styles – from Minimal to Futuristic
A user interface (UI) can come in many styles ranging graphically from very simple, all the way to extremely complex.
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328 days ago
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What to look for in a UI designer
UI designer requirements checklist.
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346 days ago
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UI Innovation: It’s Not Just About Features
Technology is a catalyst for new possibilities, but as digital designers we must evaluate how those new possibilities can add value to a user’s experience, not detract from it.
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348 days ago
design mobile user interface
Design Decisions: Basecamp mobile UI
With the launch of Basecamp Mobile just a couple of weeks behind us, we wanted to take a look back at some of the design decisions we made along the way.
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361 days ago
usability user experience user interface
Traffic and websites
In this post I’m going to talk about road signs, traffic and their similarities with the user experience of websites.
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392 days ago
usability user experience user interface
The Dark Side Of Usability
…When the interface isn’t helpful, information is internalized by the user, meaning they have to think longer about the problem and learn more fully the inner workings of their task…
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395 days ago
ios mac user interface
Uniformity vs. Individuality in Mac UI Design
…Change is inevitable. Individuality is the new norm. Mac UI design is only just starting to take influence from iOS UI design.
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433 days ago
fundamentals user experience user interface
Targeting designers? Forget 1024 & IE
Do you always design with 1024 X 768 in mind and are targeting designers? This post shows why you might be best ignoring those two altogether.
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497 days ago
user interface
Creating a User Interface That Speaks Your Users’ Language
In this article, we’ll talk about the challenges of writing concise and familiar copy for web application user interfaces.
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532 days ago
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Printfu.org – PDF Search Engine
Usability, User Experience and User Interface Documents, eBooks and PDFs
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537 days ago
article link user interface
Drop-Down Usability: When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Use Them
Drop-down lists are great – when used correctly.
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563 days ago
firefox user interface video
Why Tabs are on Top in Firefox 4
In the Firefox 4 nightly builds, and in Firefox 4 Beta 1, we are changing the default tab position so that tabs are on top. This is a preference that users can change by right clicking on any of their toolbars.
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650 days ago
link showcase user interface
UI Pattern Factory
Patternry will be something more than just a collection of design patterns or a design gallery.