Victor Loux Bookmarks

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How to collect gender data – Samsung Internet Developers – Medium

medium.com/samsung-internet-dev/how-to-collect-gender-data-a29f3be2257c
So you are writing a form or building a website where you’re collecting data from your users, you want to add in a gender field. Why? Asking for someone’s gender may be for a variety of purposes…

Fast Path to a Great UX — Increased Exposure Hours – Medium

medium.com/@jmspool/fast-path-to-a-great-ux-increased-exposure-hours-afde796f2e43
As we’ve been researching what design teams need to do to create great user experiences, we’ve stumbled across an interesting finding. It’s the closest thing we’ve found to a silver bullet when it…

Describing Personas – Indi’s Essays – Medium

medium.com/inclusive-software/describing-personas-af992e3fc527
People seem to fall into a hole when writing personas, even when they’re doing it based on research: they use demographics to divide between segments and to represent thinking styles. This is a…

Atomic Design by Brad Frost

atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/
Learn how to create and maintain digital design systems, allowing your team to roll out higher quality, more consistent UIs faster than ever before.

Designing for Cognitive Differences · An A List Apart Article

alistapart.com/article/designing-for-cognitive-differences
Brandon Gregory considers how to design accessibly for cognitive differences like anxiety disorders, inattention, and depression.

Only One Deliverable Matters | Big Medium

bigmedium.com/ideas/only-one-deliverable-matters.html
Too much design effort goes into artifacts that are not part of the working software. There’s a better way to work.

Rhythm in Web Typography | Better Web Type

betterwebtype.com/rhythm-in-web-typography
Horizontal rhythm mostly impacts the legibility, while vertical rhythm impacts the readability of the text and establishes a sense of visual hierarchy.

La tragédie des communs était un mythe | CNRS Le journal

lejournal.cnrs.fr/billets/la-tragedie-des-communs-etait-un-mythe
La propriété commune d’une ressource conduit nécessairement à la ruine de celle-ci, concluait en 1968 un biologiste dans la revue Science. Son article, « La tragédie des communs », a façonné les raisonnements économiques et politiques de ces dernières décennies. L’historien Fabien Locher nous expose les enjeux de ce débat et en souligne les limites dans le cadre d’une pensée de l’environnement. Ce Point de Vue fait partie du Top 10 des articles les plus lus sur notre site cette année...