As designers, we are user advocates first and foremost. We need to understand what users want versus need before they ever encounter our designs. Once they do encounter it, they must first feel safe ...

The article that introduced responsive web design to the world was published by Ethan Marcotte just over five years ago. In the short timespan since, responsive web design has gone from an interesting ...

The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI ...

These days, blogging software and content management systems allow users with hardly an ounce of design sense to create professional-looking websites, using pre-fabbed “off-the-shelf” templates. But ...

Turns out, there is a dark art of web design. Inventory trackers, countdown clocks and fake reviews are rampant on e-commerce sites, and all are used to influence how consumers buy. But their contents ...

Anyone who’s been online in the last decade probably recognizes “dark patterns,” design tactics used on websites and apps that trick users into doing something — buying something, agreeing to ...

"Let's start with the symptoms of this imminent death. "Symptom 1: Commoditization by templates "Most of the content that you see on the web today is run by some framework or service — WordPress, ...

Real estate website design is evolving — fast. Today’s sites are sleeker, faster and capture leads based on data from tens of millions of user interactions. To keep up, your site needs to offer more ...

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