Interface design
Making the user's interaction as simple and efficient as possible.
Articles
Building user trust in UX design
Smashing Magazine
– 26 February 2021
Trust is at the heart of a long-term strategy of any product. There are many ways to earn it, and even more ways to lose it.
Material Design text fields are badly designed
Smashing Magazine
– 24 February 2021
Where to put the label in a web form? In the early days, we talked about left-aligned labels versus top-aligned labels. These days we talk about floating labels. Let’s explore why they aren’t a very good idea, and what to use instead.
Designing Better Tooltips For Mobile User Interfaces
Smashing Magazine
– 3 February 2021
Tooltips are powerful design patterns implemented to enhance the design experience by providing additional information precisely when users need it. Sometimes, however, tooltips are obtrusive, especially on mobile devices where available space is at a premium.
Six signup form techniques to convert more customers
– 9 November 2019
If you’re designing a SaaS product, online store, or subscription service, getting more customers is probably your number one concern. And your signup form could be the thing keeping potential paying customers from ever giving your product an honest try.
The problem with dropdown fields (and what you should use instead)
– 29 October 2019
Dropdowns are one of the default fields in the form design toolkit. But far too often, the dropdown is used in a way that makes user input more difficult.
Easily create adaptive buttons using Sketch’s smart layout
– 21 October 2019
With the introduction of Smart Layout in Sketch 58, we can finally build adaptable symbols without the hacks, plugins or workarounds.
The obvious UI is often the best UI
– 2 October 2019
Design clear interactions instead of clever ones, and users will follow.
Skeleton versus Logo Launch Screen: A Direct Comparison
– 13 September 2019
The launch screen is the first page that opens when a user taps the app icon. It plays a critical role in creating a first impression for both new and existing customers.
Integrating video and web content: lessons in user interface design
– 11 September 2019
How to design a tight, intuitive UI that makes efficient use of the available screen space when both video and web content are begging for more room.
Intercom’s fundamentals of good interaction design
– 10 September 2019
The design community is no longer talking about having to prove the value of design to get a seat at the table. Designers have demonstrated that design can be a central pillar of business success. But they’ve also lost something along the way.
Devising Interfaces with UX Design Patterns
– 27 July 2017
UX design patterns help designers devise workable solutions to common interface problems. These incorporate design best practices for every single piece of functionality, whether it’s a shopping cart or a sign-in form.
Button UX design best practices, types and states
UX Planet
– 15 March 2016
Buttons are an ordinary, every-day element of interaction design. Despite this, because buttons are a vital element in creating a smooth conversational flow in web and apps, it’s worth paying attention to these basic best practices for buttons.
Why empty states deserve more design time
InVision
– 21 June 2015
What empty states are and why they're important.
Tools
Courses
Affordances: designing intuitive user interfaces
This course will teach you both the theory of affordances and also how to build instantly perceptible affordances into your own designs.
Emotional design: how to make products people will love
This course will provide you with the information necessary to elicit positive emotional experiences through your designs.
Information visualisation: getting dashboards right
This course will lead you through some of the key considerations when designing dashboard displays
The brain and technology: brain science in interface design
This course merges brain science and computer science in order to teach you the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
UX/UI design bootcamp
Become a UX/UI designer: Learn all about User Experience (UX) and Interface Design (UI). From User Research to testing. In full-time or part-time format.