UX/UI Links of May 2021
This month we’ve got deep dives into 2 complex UI controls, plus some high-level thoughts on the UX process. Enjoy!
UX Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier: Working With Stakeholders
Never, EVER, present only one idea to a team or group of stakeholders.
- Jeremy Bird, UX Manager
Part 2 of a great list of things you don’t learn in school, but should. UX Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier: Working With Stakeholders is a must-read for anyone new to UX design.
Frustrating Design Patterns That Need Fixing: Birthday Picker
Using multiple inputs instead of one input is rarely a good idea, but it is a good option for dates.
- Vitaly Friedman, Creative Lead
A great mix of the technical and human reasons why date pickers are so hard, Frustrating Design Patterns That Need Fixing: Birthday Picker makes a boring control seem quite interesting.
A Better Segmented Control
Contradictory platform guidelines make it tricky to know which conventions will be the most familiar to users across all devices.
- Runi Goswami, Product Designer
Segmented controls are well-suited to multiple choice options on mobile, but are tricky to get right. A Better Segmented Control will untangle them for you.
Three Levels of Pain Points in Customer Experience
Pain points, more than random feature requests, should be a driver for design changes.
- Sarah Gibbons, Chief Designer
Pain points are an easy concept to understand, but Three Levels of Pain Points in Customer Experience dives deeper to help you address them better.
How Bad Is "Gold Plating" in UX?
Gold plating is what happens when you are so much into your own work that you start adding extra features and polishing it, thinking you’re improving it, although you really should be doing something else.
- Federico Cella, UX/UI Designer
How Bad Is “Gold Plating” in UX? covers a tricky topic, because many UX problems arise from designers not sweating the details enough. The important thing is when and where to do it.
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Until next time,
Leon for the Balsamiq Team
