Articles tagged ‘UX’
We need more cute software
Innovation opportunity for B2B SaaS • 2023-05-09
Truncate content according to context
When omitting the end of text that doesn’t fit doesn’t work • 2022-05-31
Mac OS System 7 outlines vs HTML
Tree views on the web • 2022-05-24
Mac OS System 7 inputs vs HTML
Browser-native user-interface controls compared to Mac OS 31 years ago • 2022-05-17
Mac OS System 7 menus vs HTML
Browser-native user-interface controls compared to Mac OS 31 years ago • 2022-05-10
Mac OS System 7 buttons vs HTML
Browser-native user-interface controls compared to Mac OS 31 years ago • 2022-05-03
Use high-contrast text
The dark side of grey text • 2022-04-26
Guide user input
How to fix, hint, and validate before complaining • 2022-04-19
Show content without elision
When perceived cleanliness trumps user experience • 2022-03-22
Default to the browser’s preferred language
Don’t set the web page language based on location • 2022-01-11
Pluralise text correctly
User-interface content design details matter too • 2021-10-12
Respect people’s full names
Don’t call someone’s name ‘invalid’ • 2021-02-16
Forgive user input in the wrong format
Don’t make people normalise data manually • 2021-02-02
Omit salutations in automated notifications
Don’t waste time on fake greetings • 2021-01-26
Build unisex software
Don’t ask people to tell you their gender • 2021-01-13
Validate email addresses to level 4
First person to say ‘regex’ loses • 2020-12-01
Allow all printable characters
First person to say ‘special characters’ loses • 2020-11-17
Use localised language names for language selection
Don’t use flags for languages • 2020-11-03
Sort every collection you display
Unsorted is never the right order • 2020-10-20