UX

UX designers and software engineers are fortunate to have many prototyping tools for bringing their ideas to reality. The question is, which prototyping app is best for you? To find the best prototyping apps we compare Figma, Sketch, XD, and Balsamiq, the four most widely used prototyping apps…

Our team of User Experience (UX) experts has assembled the best UX courses, certificates, and bootcamps that you can take to gain the knowledge you need to understand the process of creating great experiences. These UX courses can be taken on their own or can serve as the starting point for a UX…

The user experience design process in an agile development environment supports the agile philosophy of iterating your work. With an agile development process, testing and revisions are ongoing, and the UX process is able to follow this same course. There are typically four phases to the user…

Websites and apps that work well are often complimented for having a great UX or fantastic UI. This article explores the difference between UX and UI. When you hear someone criticize or praise either the UX or UI of a site, they may appear to be using the terms interchangeably.…

With the important role that fonts play in user experience, it is surprising that a universal font that works across most languages, browsers, and operating systems doesn't yet exist. Google and Adobe are looking to change this as they are pushing forward with a method of creating a standardized…

UX research plays an important role in app and web design. When developing an app or designing a website, how do you determine what the user wants or needs? How do you understand the way in which they will interact with your app or navigate through your website? Rather than making assumptions,…

A focus on UX typography best practices leads to improved designs. While it’s not often that UX typography in digital products such as apps or websites can be the difference between life and death, this was the case with early user experience efforts that focused on typography.…

You can start a career in UX, whether it is your first job as you are entering the workforce, or are transitioning from another role. The route you may take to a career in user experience will depend upon your previous professional experience or academic experience.

If you…

With the increase in demand for creating well designed user experiences, many professionals in other design fields are considering adapting their skills to make a move from graphic design to user experience (UX) design. While graphic design and UX design do have some commonalities, it’s…

An important part of user experience design is usability testing. There are a wide range of UX testing tools and services, regardless of the size of your user experience team or company. Whether you work for a large organization, or small, there’s a number of tools available to help you test…

There are several ways in which you can learn UX fundamental skills, which help you define and meet user priorities. UX helps solve the issue faced when application and web developers consider functionality and technology ahead of end user's priorities. The art and science of User Experience (UX…

Product managers understand and promote customer needs and develop product initiatives. They also may have responsibilities that overlap with a business analyst. As such, product managers must choose the best solutions from those proposed by the development team by using their business, domain…

As part of our commitment to sharing graphic design, web design and UX skills with community organziations, we have presented a UX design principles workshop to fellows at Venture for America (VFA) for the past six years. The VFA fellows learn the principles behind creating great websites and…

The importance of UX (user experience) extends beyond application and website development, and impacts the success entire organizations. The return on investment (ROI) of UX includes improved customer retention, more customer recommendations, additional repeat customers, and enhanced credibility…

Graphic designers should learn UX because it benefits their career, provides professional growth opportunities, and expands their versatility while using the foundation they have built in graphic design. Whether wanting to expand beyond visual design or making a complete transition to user…

There are a number of ways to learn user experience design, including online and in person options. Learning UX allows you to better design how users interact with devices, interfaces, and products ranging from websites and apps, to interacting with a touch-screen, these interactions are…

Rapid prototyping for UX is an iterative approach to the development of the UX or UI of websites or software applications. Rapid prototyping involves quickly creating mock-ups of a system before it is built in production. This allows for the UX or UI to be validated by…

Although the principle of user experience is central to virtually all aspects of modern design, few people really know what this discipline entails. User experience, commonly abbreviated as UX, is essential to any good product or online experience, but what is UX, and why should you think about…