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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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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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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Our job as designers is to take a product or project and make it user-friendly while remaining true to business goals. This is no small task. We’re responsible for everything from wireframes and user flows to typography and color selection. It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With a few well-placed tips and hints, you can …
- Jessica P
- Posted onJun 26, 2018 at 11:13 AM
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A common misconception about microcopy is that if we want to sound human, being funny will automatically do the trick. This approach, along with the current awareness to the importance of microcopy, has brought up quite a few cases of “trying too hard” microcopy, where it feels like the writers were trying so hard to be …
- Audentio
- Posted onJun 22, 2018 at 10:04 AM
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This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this: Hi there! I’m a bike messenger …