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30 Website Navigations that Make You Wanna Click It | Inspiration
The navigation might be the single most important aspect of a web design’s usability. Without a navigation, you would be stuck on the home page for a very long time. I believe a navigation or menu must be easy to use, but this doesn’t mean it has to be boring. In fact, it helps to add a little flair to your navigation.inspireUX - User Experience quotes and articles to inspire and connect the UX community
I’ve been doing a lot of research recently about mobile design patterns and UX best practices for smartphone and tablet devices for both iOS and Android platforms. One thing has stood out more than anything else during this process: no one is talking about Android. Ok, “no one” is clearly an exaggeration. There are a few great resources out there that have been very helpful in the quest to learn how to best design native Android smartphone and tablet applications (posted at the bottom of this article).
Here’s an interesting UI concept that Quentin from TOKI WOKI sent me: fluid corners. Go ahead and view the demo here . I think the name isn’t quite right at communicating the idea behind the concept — something like elastic toolbars would probably describe it better.
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UX Booth: User Experience & Usability Blog
Many designers rely on pattern libraries to create simple, intuitive interfaces. Vladimir Oane shows us how uberVU deconstructed a common design pattern to produce a more robust result. Read More Empathy is the act of understanding and vicariously experiencing the feelings of another. It’s a prerequisite to good user-centered design. Melisa Angulo-Javier shows us how to protect one of our greatest assets.
A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
That’s why, at 37signals, we all chip in when lots of customers have questions after a new product launch and customer support is overwhelmed. It’s why programmers will wake up in the middle of the night if a sql query tipped over and needs an urgent rewrite until faster servers can arrive. Don’t let your company culture become one where certain people are too good to do the jobs that need doing. Making shit work is everyone’s job. My dad is a firefighter and fire captain in Niagara Falls, NY.
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