UX/UI Links of December 2020
2020 was… well, anyway, it did produce some great articles about User Experience and User Interface design. Thank you to all of the amazing authors who took the time to put their thoughts and lessons on the page for the world to learn from.
On with the links…
The Lawn Mower Eyetracking Pattern for Scanning Comparison Tables
If the comparison table content is not informative and thoughtfully laid out, it can disrupt the lawn mower pattern and make users’ comparison tasks more difficult.
- Kate Moran, Senior User Experience Specialist
I’m not typically big on eyetracking research, but The Lawn Mower Eyetracking Pattern for Scanning Comparison Tables reveals something new and just makes sense.
50+ Practical UI/UX Design Tips
Need to display some numbers on a dashboard? Try making them big and bold, with a smaller, lighter uppercase label. An easy, clear, and stylish treatment!
- Erik D. Kennedy, UX/UI Designer
A great list of digestible design guidance to improve any UI. Check out this Twitter thread of 50+ Practical UI/UX Design Tips.
Contextual Inquiry: Inspire Design by Observing and Interviewing Users in Their Context
One of the greatest strengths of this methodology is that you get to see things you wouldn’t anticipate and uncover low-level details that have become habitual and invisible.
- Kim Salazar, Senior User Experience Specialist
I’ve always been a fan of contextual inquiry and Contextual Inquiry: Inspire Design by Observing and Interviewing Users in Their Context is a great entry point. It’s nice to see qualitative research getting some well-deserved attention.
3 Ways Visualization Drives Collaboration, Agility and Inclusion
Collaborative visualization quickly extracts different assumptions out of your and your colleagues’ heads.
- Jeff Gothelf, Author and UX Consultant
A picture is worth 1000 words. That’s the idea behind 3 Ways Visualization Drives Collaboration, Agility and Inclusion. It’s as true today as it’s always been.
Old Is Solid; New Gets Talked About
There are times where it’s fun to try new stuff and tell people about it, and there’s times to reach for the technology you know so you can get stuff done.
- Kilian Valkhof, Developer and Designer
Let’s end this year, with a simple, but timeless message. Old Is Solid; New Gets Talked About is a reminder that what you read about online isn’t reflective of reality. Don’t let what’s new distract you from what’s good.
That’s it for 2020! Stay safe, everyone.
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