First, try and keep things simple. Don’t go nuts with a lot of the interactive elements that touch devices enable. Use structured hierarchies that are obvious and short, and follow the base design conventions of the platform you are designing…
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What is the difference between user experience and user interface design?
User experience is something we understand, support and design. User interfaces are small windows into the total experience. Here's a story/metaphor I think is useful to explain the difference: You are walking past a storefront, and you see an item…
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How does your UX team generate Design Patterns (which become specifications) and communicate the specs across product teams during parallel product development cycles?
Iterate and collaborate. Define a draft design pattern for a particular aspect of the experience and then collaborate with developers as to behavior and the specificity of the pattern. Make it work, play with it, then refine the documentation. Be…
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What is the most enjoyable part about being a UX/UI designer?
Solving problems that people never knew they had. I go back to what Henry Ford said, when asked about his "horseless carriage": "If I had asked what people wanted, I'd have made a faster horse." I have done numerous user…
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What are the specific parts and pieces in a UX Architecture?
As I've created a couple of these in my time, I think I have a pretty good take on what should be in a UX Architecture. Here's the highlights: Foundational Research: How did you come to the design direction that…