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Thinking about design process: simple or complex?

UXPassion.com — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:48:15 +0000

In its most generic form, design refers to a plan for the construction of an object or a system. As such, it often requires disciplined set of steps, often called design process. It’s initial idea and purpose is to provide well established framework, foundations for design-related work. But often, design process can be too complex and harmful.Design process, yes, but…

Silverlight book: Silverlight 4 User Interface Cookbook

UXPassion.com — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:26:01 +0000

Are looking how to build great user interfaces using the Silverlight 4? Do you need professional UX guidance for that? What about step-by-step instructions with code when you need it? I'm introducing you Silverlight 4 User Interface Cookbook. This is my first book and I’m proud to announce it to you here on UXPassion.com

Wall of Tweets: design decisions behind popular twitter wall

UXPassion.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:50:23 +0000

Wall of Tweets is twitterwall product designed and developed by full service UX consultancy FatDUX Zagreb here in Croatia. It’s very popular and used throughout the world. In this article I’d like to share some design thinking, design research and decisions we’ve put behind this product and how it compares to other solutions on the market.

Best practices OR Best starting points in UX

UXPassion.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:45:33 +0000

Best practices are valuable in the UX field. However, often we use them without really giving it a thought and considering broader context. In this post our new guest blogger, Darko Čengija of FatDUX, talks about best practices and their relation with best staring points in the user experience (and other disciplines).

User interface design for beginners, intermediates or experts?

UXPassion.com — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:01:27 +0000

As a user experience designers we are regularly in situations where our design decisions will make significant effect on the end users of the web site, application or generally any user interface or service we design. Apart from the need to understand business case and idea – probably the most important is to understand who are users of our interfaces?

Developers, UX is not UI, learn that and stop trivializing!

UXPassion.com — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:07:03 +0000

Rarely passes a day when I don't get invitation to some product demonstration, technology showcase claiming to be a presentation about UX. In most cases - developers show new UI controls, tech, code and claim to be „talking about UX“. I say stop trivializing – and learn the facts!

Windows Phone development and design – ultimate guide

UXPassion.com — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:35:03 +0000

Windows Phone 7 is a brand new mobile platform from Microsoft introduced this year at MIX 10 conference. Since then different resources have been made available. Here, I'm gathering all you need to start designing and developing new mobile experiences. Go to Windows Phone 7 development and design ultimate guide.

TOP 10 UX recommendations for Silverlight Command Link usage

UXPassion.com — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:15:44 +0000

After I've explained how to build and design custom control – Command Link for Silverlight, I'm now sharing some best UX practices and guidelines regarding the implementation of the Command Link control. Here is the list of best UX practices for design, implementation and usage of Command Link control for Silverlight.

On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)

UXPassion.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:31:33 +0000

This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their „customer service“. After careful consideration, I’ve decided to use JustHost.com. I want to share my (user) experience with you.

Design pricing: It’s never just about the price

UXPassion.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:22:32 +0000

Setting proper pricing for your UX design work is crucial. It goes hand in hand with setting your customer's expectations. Set the price too low and you will gain reputation of the same kind. Set it high – you will also set high expectations. If you can deliver on them – then keep it that way. Reason: it’s never just about the price.

UX ROI: User Experience Return on Investment

UXPassion.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:58:27 +0000

Calculating and even trying to understand what all adds up to the UX ROI is difficult task. When we are faced with clients and investors – ROI is something they often ask for. How to even start thinking about return on investment in the field of user experience? Here I’m talking about UX ROI discussion tool and other metrics.

Make complete button surface active and enhance usability

UXPassion.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:19:09 +0000

Buttons are everywhere – both on web and on desktop applications. Being so widespread and known to end-users they should be as usable as possible. However, there are lot of mistakes when designing buttons and they kill the usability. One of the biggest mistakes is making just part of the button active. Even MySpace fails in this case.

Free video series “Principles of design: Unity”

UXPassion.com — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:56:15 +0000

Design principle of unity refers to a sense that everything in the artwork belongs there making sense. It is achieved by the use of balance and repetition. Two objects like a living room and a dining room can be unified by giving these similar features like a shared hardwood floor design. New video is here for you to enjoy.

Free video series “Principles of design: Symmetry and asymmetry”

UXPassion.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:45:17 +0000

Symmetry and asymmetry can be explored through balance design principle (symmetrical and asymmetrical balance). This new video from Principles of design (for developers) series will explain you what is symmetry and asymmetry, how to achieve it and create it in Expression Design. Have fun watching this video!

Free video series “Principles of design: Emphasis”

UXPassion.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:49 +0000

Emphasis is one of the design principles. It is also known as dominance, focal point or area in a room's decor. This new video from Principles of design (for developers) series will explain you what is emphasis, how to achieve it and create it in Expression Design. Enjoy it!

User experience (UX) guidelines for Windows, Dynamics NAV and AX

UXPassion.com — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:01:40 +0000

User experience guidelines (UX Guides) are very useful design guidelines. Though they will not teach you how to design great user experiences – they will help you design your applications and avoid common mistakes. I'm sharing UX guidelines for Windows, NAV 2009 and AX 2009 with you.

Web Dogma by Eric Reiss – and now in Croatian!

UXPassion.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:31:08 +0000

Conceived by Eric Reiss back in 2003 and inspired by Lars von Trier's Dogme 95 Danish film movement – Web Dogma is currently in version 9.1. Idea was to create a set of design, content and usability guidelines "that transcended passing fashion and advancing technology".

Free video series “Principles of design: Rhythm”

UXPassion.com — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:24:26 +0000

After balance, it is time for some rhythm. New video from Principles of design (for developers) series is explaining what is rhythm, how to achieve it and even gives an example of the rhythm within Microsoft Office 2007 “ribbon” interface. Enjoy the rhythm with Silverlight. First video in this free video series about principles of [...]