Clean. Easy to Use. User-Friendly. Intuitive -> Minimizing Complexity In User Interfaces
via @designblend
Tag Archives: design
Design as a Differentiator
Nice Read: Design as a Differentiator
via @UXBooth
“how design and user experience impact a company’s bottom line”
Tree Testing
Tree Testing – A quick way to evaluate your Information Architecture
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/tree-testing
from boxesandarrows.com
Deciding When Graphics Will Help
Mobile site review: Comet
Paper prototyping iPhone apps
Found link via youtube:
The process feels a little disjointed and could be smoother, but this is a common problem with paper prototyping and on the whole I think it’s a nice idea.
One concern I do have however, is how long the paper templates took to create. Surely you could put something together Axure or similar in a shorter time, and which would be more reusable than these pieces of paper…?
Great article on pagination styles
Great article on pagination styles -> Easy as 1,2,3? http://is.gd/F4cy (from goodusability.co.uk)
Tabbed Navigation, and What Makes it Useful
Tabbed Navigation, and What Makes it Useful -> http://is.gd/F3NI (from uxbooth.com)
E-Commerce interface and design elements
This promises to be a great resource for UX practitioners looking for examples of interface design best practice:
ecommr: a collection of e-commerce interface and design elements
http://www.ecommr.com/
www.ecommr.com
Quiet Structure
This is a really interesting article from 2007 comparing the CNN website design with USA Today‘s site, in terms of page structure, individual component layout, and the amount of visual weight the structural elements add to a page:
http://www.andyrutledge.com/quiet-structure.php
Quiet structure is achieved when you de–emphasize the structural elements; the containing boxes, structural lines, bullets, structural color elements, etc… and bring a rhythmical consistency to the layout. The result is that the content becomes more conspicuous and the overall clarity of presentation is greatly enhanced.
The article makes some great points and uses illustrations to great effect:
http://www.andyrutledge.com/quiet-structure.php
As a design approach I think the idea of a “quiet structure” is something that would work really well with any content-heavy site.