Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “UX”

Command Line Interface Guidelines

Design tool canvas handles

bjango.com/articles/designtoolcanvashandles/

Design tools often pack a lot of functionality around the bounding box of selected objects. Some of this functionality is represented by handles or icons, but a lot of it is hidden.

What is Simple? · Hardik Pandya

hvpandya.com/simple

Simplicity is usually the goal of good design. Simplicity is also one of the hardest virtues to inculcate in large product organisations at scale. As products grow, things tend to trend towards complex thinking, complex solutions and complex execution. Like tight alignment, simplicity is a goal that demands constant and conscious effort.

Grumpy Website

grumpy.website/

Family Values

benji.org/family-values

What makes Family, Family.

Toasts are Bad UX – Max Schmitt

maxschmitt.me/posts/toasts-bad-ux

UX, tag
ui, tag
1 month ago

A/B testing mistakes I learned the hard way

newsletter.posthog.com/p/ab-testing-mistakes-i-learned-the

Why users are ignoring your features

builtformars.com/case-studies/monzo-perks

Simple techniques to increase feature usage, retention and ultimately alter how users perceive the value of your product.

The (not so) subtle reason you hate chatbots

builtformars.com/case-studies/chatbots

Virtual agents, decision trees and ChatGPT-powered conversations aren't exactly the future of customer service that we were promised.

All the user-facing states – Eric Bailey

ericwbailey.website/published/all-the-user-facing-states/

User-facing state is what someone experiences when they interact with (or try to interact with) an element in some capacity

CallToInspiration – Small details for very exacting ideas!

calltoinspiration.com/

Call for inspiration using the purple hat for when you have inspiration blocks or need fresh new ideas. A great tool created by a deisnger for web professionals.

Page Flows - user flow design inspiration

pageflows.com/

See how top brands design their onboarding, upgrading, downgrading and other key user flows

Optimal Sort - Online Card Sorting Tool | Optimal Workshop

optimalworkshop.com/optimalsort/

When is a spacing unit more than a spacing unit?

zeroheight.com/blog/when-is-a-spacing-unit-more-than-a-spacing-unit-in-our-design-systems/

Tired of random or inaccurate spacing used in designs? Tired of seeing your meticulous spacing misinterpreted by the time the site goes live? Have you tried spacing units in your design tokens? There’s more going on here than you might think.