#ux-design

#ux-design

The design landscape once felt like a vibrant city: research highways flowed with insights, and user-centered design shaped lively neighborhoods. Now, under the bulldozers of speed and scale, these vibrant communities risk being flattened into a uniform super estate.

I'm sad to see the :( go, I'm grateful for the precious two seconds of my life I'll be getting back.

As product managers, we must remind ourselves of the outcomes we’re here to produce, holding ourselves accountable to those measurements.

"Can good UX protect people from online scams? This is the central question raised by Carrie Webster after her mother narrowly avoided a potential scam due to her hesitations."

Deceptive design patterns, often called 'dark patterns', manipulate users into decision-making that favors companies rather than individuals, violating user autonomy.

To 'sell the pen' effectively, you first need to know who needs it and why. The quality work of a UX designer in e-commerce relies on a deep understanding of the user, supported by a combination of data.

My goal was to create a landing page around AI offerings. I started with Claude. My prompt was simple: 'Help me develop a focused landing page around <client offerings in AI>'.

The clearest and perhaps most reassuring takeaway this year? Designers are still needed. Graphic and UX design job postings are flat from last year, game design postings are up.

By layering background gradients with different attachments, scroll shadows can be effectively utilized, enhancing the user experience on mobile devices while scrolled to the limits.

Being a great UX designer requires more than technical skills; you must embrace specialist skills like data analytics and conversion rate optimization to stay relevant.

If an executive pulls out a phone during your meeting, you've lost them. - A Director of UX

UX frameworks provide a structured approach, yet users often do not fit neatly within these constructs, highlighting the need for designers to understand real user behavior.

Netflix’s strategic design practices, such as a flexible cancelation policy and deliberate user interface choices, contribute significantly to retaining subscribers and minimizing churn.