Checking the weather can be just another default task to do in the morning. Is it a boot or sandal day? Raincoat or no coat day? Slacks or jorts? But as these designs show, a weather app can go far beyond simply showing the temperature. Looking for some inspiration to bring the weather to life? …
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- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:53 PM
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User experience design is constantly changing to keep up with all of the latest technological achievements and user behaviors. As designers, we are now part of all the steps in the lifecycle of the product and we have to adapt to new tools, methods, and complex processes that help us design faster and better to …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:51 PM
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Life was simpler when web designers only had to worry about formatting sites for desktop computers. Most monitors and displays were easy to design for, and one size fit most. Then came the rise of the mobile web. Since the dawn of the mobile web, one of the big debates was whether to design an …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:47 PM
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Ready to scrounge for Likes on your Stories too? Facebook Stories can feel like a ghost town even though it has 150 million daily users. So Facebook is trying to get more people who view your ephemeral content on its Snapchat clone to speak up so you keep posting. Today Facebook is bringing its Like, Haha, Wow, Sad, …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:45 PM
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Earlier this year, Amazon introduced an Echo Dot for kids, with its $80 Echo Dot Kids Edition device, which comes in your choice of a red, blue, or green protective case. The idea is to market a version of Amazon’s existing Dot hardware to families by bundling it with an existing subscription service, and by throwing in a few extra features …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:43 PM
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I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit directions and improvements in business, parking and place data, Apple Maps is still not where it needs to be to be considered a world-class service. …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 3:41 PM
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As designers, there are a variety of interface elements that fall under our purview. Whether you’re browsing fonts from a hot new Swiss type foundry or polishing the velvety drop shadows on your interface cards, it’s easy to get distracted. But there’s a tiny, impactful, part of the user experience that often gets neglected: microcopy. Microcopy …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 2:38 PM
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Each company has its own unique corporate culture that influences the different departments in the organization. An organization’s culture has a major impact on the role of design in particular. A company that embraces innovation, creativity, and transparency creates an environment where design can thrive. InVision’s Director of Design Education Eli Woolery recently hosted a Fireside Chat with Pinterest’s …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 2:37 PM
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The humble A/B test is a prolific, important weapon in a design team’s toolkit. But it isn’t the only one. All too often we get comfortable in familiarity. But there are reasons why it pays to go beyond A/B testing, and not just for variety’s sake. Here’s the dirty little secret: Sometimes it might not even …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 2:36 PM
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Whether you’re rooting for Messi or Ronaldo, Germany or Holland, the World Cup brings us all together to celebrate the shared love of the game. There’s beer, cheers, and tears, and then just like that, it’s over—leaving us all to wait another four years to relive the excitement. World Cup logos have evolved to try …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM
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