Before the home page, there was the front page. From the Gutenberg Principle to grid systems to above the fold, newspapers teach us much about the foundations of web design.
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As our phones are getting bigger, we need to adjust how we build and design our websites. Is there something to learn from app design and tap bars? Can we fix the mobile navigation of our websites to have a lower interaction cost? In this article, we’ll find out.
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For large-scale and e-commerce sites, the search experience is an increasingly critical tool. You can vastly improve the experience for users with thoughtful microcopy and the right contextualization.
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In this final article of the series, we’ll look into notifications UX and permission requests, and how we can design the experience around them better, with the user’s privacy in mind.
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This third article of the series explores some of the respectful ways on how to deal with cookie consent prompts, push notifications, and third-party tracking.
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In this second part of the series, we’ll look into notorious GDPR cookie consent prompts, and how we can design the experience around them better — with our users’ privacy in mind, of course.
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It’s not just micro-moment design problems that can cause trouble. Macro design issues can result in massive UX problems, too. Let’s take a closer look at how to avoid such failures and why they are critical to the UX success of any product.
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A 404 page should do more than apologize for poor navigation on behalf of your website. Here’s why making an effort with a 404 page could better your website’s chances of people coming back despite the inconvenience, and how to track those errors to reduce how often people see it.
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The mobile web is a booming place right now, which means web designers are spending lots of time trying to figure out how to win over this particular class of users. One way not to do that? Dark patterns. While your company may get some superficial and short-term gains in the process, nothing good will come from it in the long-run.
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