Thursday, September 20, 2018 - 07:09
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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UX
Designing for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) is challenging because unlike with web and desktop, there are few common design aspects shared across devices.
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Monday, August 7, 2017 - 12:59
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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UX, UI
Humans are driven by what they find attractive. That’s why product development teams should prioritize appealing UX.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 09:27
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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UX
Creating user experiences that feel natural should be the goal of any touch-interface designer. Here's how we developed the page turner.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 10:06
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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UX, touch, touch gestures, tap, swipe, compelling touch, touch user experiences, TInder, natural touch gestures
If you are overusing the tap gesture, it's time to re-evaluate your design approach.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 14:15
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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user experience design, UX, user experience designers, designers
Designing is a process, and as a designer you can utilize numerous strategies to progress to a successful outcome, but a sure way not to succeed is to deny the process. I like to describe it as not “honoring the design process.” You need to pay homage to the natural forces of doing and deciding. In other words, performing a bunch of random activities utilizing gathered requirements, constraints and user profiles does not necessarily lead to a solid design. A couple of examples that I have witnessed:
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 14:56
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By Dorothy Shamonsky
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UX Design, user experience design
Although design is a subject of much interest in this age of highly usable technology products, misconceptions about the user experience (UX) design process abound. A fundamental fallacy is that the design process is one-dimensional, involving essentially one kind of thought process.
The ‘Misconception-ers’ often fall into two camps:
--those that believe designing is primarily a burst-of-inspiration, gestalt experience
--those that believe designing is primarily an extensive to-do list
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