UX/UI Links of July 2020
More interesting articles this month, covering a wide range of topics. Enjoy!
UX for Search 101
Despite looking like a simple feature, the Best First pattern can be a defining element of user experience.
- Gabriela Gentile, Product Designer
Designing for search is a lot harder than it seems. Learn about the 3 F’s of search design and a lot more in UX for Search 101.
How Nondesigners Contribute to Designing the Right Things
Nondesigners have the power and the responsibility to formulate amazing problems to solve and define appropriate requirements that can potentially result in a successful product.
- Jacopo Cargnel, UX & Service Design Lead
The thesis of How Nondesigners Contribute to Designing the Right Things is that solving the right problem isn’t something that designers can do on their own. Make sure to involve them before you start designing.
Designing for How Much Users Care
When a client asks you to design a landing page to âeducate usersâ or to âmake them sign up to
- H Locke, UX Director
How much a user is motivated to complete a task has a huge impact on the success of your product. Designing for How Much Users Care shows that UI design is just one part of the experience equation.
Design Docs at Google
Subscribing to agile methodologies is not an excuse for not taking the time to get solutions to actually known problems right.
- Malte Ubl, Principal Engineer
A good design doc should include everything that the development team needs to know before starting code, which varies widely based on the project. Design Docs at Google shows what to include and what to leave out.
Building Narrative into Your User Interface, Part 1
UX designers can leverage many of the techniques that the literary world uses to create great reader experiences in creating great user experiences.
- Jonathan Walter, User Experience Design Manager
People are naturally drawn to stories. Building Narrative into Your User Interface, Part 1 lists 5 clever ways you can include story-telling elements in your design to guide users through your product.
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