UI & UX Design
A Practical Guide to Card-Based Layouts
Grouping related content, such as a product, article or user, into a card with an image, title and actions, arranged in grids or lists. Key takeaways Structure:...
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UI & UX Design
A Practical Guide to Icons and Labels
Using icons in interfaces, and the question of when an icon can stand alone and when it needs a text label. Key takeaways Universal icons: only a few, such as s...
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Nielsen's Usability Heuristics: The Decisions That Matter
Ten broad rules of thumb for interface design published by Jakob Nielsen, such as visibility of system status and error prevention, used to evaluate usability....
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Heuristic Evaluation, Done Properly
A usability inspection method in which a few evaluators review an interface against established heuristics and list the problems they find. Key takeaways Evalua...
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Card Sorting, Done Properly
A research method where participants group topics or content items into categories, revealing how they expect information to be organized. Key takeaways Open so...
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Tree Testing: What Actually Works
A research method that tests a site's navigation structure by asking participants to find items in a text-only version of the menu hierarchy. Key takeaways...
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Usability Test Sample Sizes: The Decisions That Matter
How many participants to include in usability studies, depending on whether the goal is finding problems or measuring performance. Key takeaways Qualitative tes...
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A Practical Guide to System Usability Scale
A 10-question standardized questionnaire that produces a single usability score from 0 to 100, widely used to compare products or versions. Key takeaways Questi...
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Task Success and Time on Task, Done Properly
Two core usability metrics: whether participants complete a task correctly, and how long they take to do it. Key takeaways Task success: the percentage of parti...
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Remote Unmoderated Testing: What Actually Works
Usability tests where participants complete tasks on their own, recorded by a testing tool, without a researcher present. Key takeaways Format: participants fol...
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Recruiting Research Participants: What Actually Works
Finding and screening the right people to take part in user research, including writing screeners, offering incentives and managing consent. Key takeaways Scree...
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Contextual Inquiry, Done Properly
A research method in which a researcher observes and interviews people in their own environment while they do real work. Key takeaways Setting: the participant&...
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