Imagine being under water without getting wet or floating in outer space without being an astronaut. Although the technology that exist today are still evolving, we all might be able to do that soon. Virtual Reality is simulating the real world through the use of technology. People are able to experience things that are non-existent […]
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Design alone lacks understanding the user. When a designer utilizes the principles of psychology in design, it becomes a powerful tool and language that can influence the actions for the users. Psychology plays a prominent role in impacting human-centered user experience design. Today, understanding the users have become one with design. As Donald A. Norman
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UX is an empathetic and user centric approach of designing products and services for users. It is highly used in resolving complex problems associated with the usability of products and services in digital spaces. However, there are many other conflicting problems faced by the society outside this ‘Digital World’, which requires our immediate attention. Can
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The User Experience world also contains as dark side. On the dark side companies allow their interfaces and apps to host dark patterns. Dark patterns tend to trick users into doing something they normally would not do. I will discuss three dark patterns, in this post. So the question is, are dark patterns ethical or
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(image: https://www.chargify.com/blog/13-tips-to-improve-user-onboarding-from-saas-leaders/) User onboarding is a sequence of processes to help users get familiar with the product and to have users continue to use it. Onboarding is a term from human resources for new hires, but recently also used for developers to refer to taking on and orienting a new customer. According to the Andrew Chen’s
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Accessibility has recently become a crucial talking point in digital humanities. Some scholars have argued that the best way to account for accessibility is to implement universal design principles when developing DH projects. This post considers positive and negative aspects of universal design in DH and advocates for a more practical modified solution. Accessibility, or
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Hubert Uy is the User Experience Lead at the United Nations Development Programme. He shares with us how User Experience design within the United Nations differs from startups and design agencies. He gives us insights on the U.N.’s bureaucratic evaluation processes, as well as the different design and usability challenges that they face. Hubert
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Citymapper is a transit application that helps users to map their journey’s efficiently by evaluating different city transport options and suggesting the best routes available with Real-Time updates. It is helping travelers across the major cities in the world to make their transit carefree and effortless. This mobile application is critiqued on the basis
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The Amazon Kindle Reading App was designed to allow readers to take advantage of the numerous electronic books available today. It allows users the comfortability of downloading thousands of books, while not having to carry the physical books. The user interacts with the reading app by simply swiping or touching the screen but some key
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Discovering music has never been easier now that people can carry millions of songs in their pockets using apps like Spotify, a digital streaming service that allows users to search, discover and play songs. Although Spotify’s iOS app can be used effectively, it has room to improve its usability and discoverability. Song-Specific Menus Spotify’s song-specific
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