Excel remains one of the most popular by far. Spreadsheets are essential tools for businesses to keep a whole army of their processes organised. Despite its benefits, many parts of Microsoft’s spreadsheet solution are particularly inconvenient and even make life harder. Let’s have a look at them. It’s easy to make mistakes in shared ExcelRead more
An app or website should always keep users informed about what is going on. Users want to know their current context in a system at any given time and apps shouldn’t keep them guessing. The best practice would be to tell the user what’s happening via appropriate visual feedback. Providing instant visual feedback, such asRead more
If you do a significant redesign, there’s a huge probability that users won’t be happy with that. Research shows that users dislike a massive change in their existing products, even if those changes will benefit them. This phenomenon even has a scientific name — Weber’s Law of Just Noticeable Differences, which states thatRead more
How many times have you found yourself lost using a new version of an app? Designing any digital platform with multiple features and user levels is complex. When creating and testing, we should ensure that users can automatically recognise how to use specific product functionalities instead of recalling this information. We can achieve a smoothRead more
In the context of digital products, simplicity means that’s it’s easy to understand and interact with a product. Users shouldn’t need to read instructions to “know-how” to use an app or have a map to navigate through it. It’s part of an interface designer job to make things clear and subtly guide them from whereRead more
Any design phase for digital products should include a prototyping stage. Skipping prototyping and putting a lot of effort into building an actual product is another common and risky mistake among many design teams. When we put a lot of effort into creating something that we believe is great, it can be stressful to realiseRead more
Unfortunately it does not exist, only adapting your design process for the product & the users you create will do. ? The User Experience (UX) process is a make-it-or-break-it aspect of UX design. A clear and concise design process makes it possible to craft unforgettable experiences for users. The UX process depends heavily on theRead more
An attention span is defined as the amount of time someone concentrates on a task without becoming distracted. A 2015 study conducted found that the average human attention span has declined from 12 seconds to 8 seconds. This means that we now have a shorter attention span than goldfish ? Designers need to adjust toRead more
It would help if you acknowledged it. You are not the user! ? Digital Platform Designers (including ourselves ? ) often assume that people who use their interfaces are like them. As a result, designers project their behaviours and reactions onto users. But imagining that you are your user is a mistake. This effect inRead more
“People don’t buy products; they buy better versions of themselves.” In any business, user research is a natural first step in the design process. The most critical factor you should consider when designing a digital product or service is the audience. If you plan to design your next product your users willRead more
