user experience

Decide: How do you structure content? (Part 3)

Decide: How do you structure content? (Part 3)

No matter what the content of your database is, having an established hierarchy is absolutely vital if you want the end users to successfully use the software—especially if one of your goals is to provide updates that are intuitive and do not require extensive retraining for your user base. The stakeholders must…

Decide: What kind of development work will you do? (Part 2)

Decide: What kind of development work will you do? (Part 2)

Occasionally, it needs to be said that as developers we should strive for dev work that, well, works. A beautifully designed layout may be wonderful at first glance, but it cannot create a positive user experience if it doesn’t have…

Affordances and Signifiers

Affordances and Signifiers

At times, user interface design can feel like leading the proverbial horse to water: You can get them there, but that does not mean they are going to drink (or correctly use the software). To be clear: this may be caused by…

User-led icon sets

User-led icon sets

Have you ever used an app or website where the navigation process was a nightmare? You may have clicked on an icon or link anticipating one action only to get a different kind of result. It’s not only frustrating and confusing, but makes you second-guess every action you take from that point onward. Trust has been lost.