UX/UI Links of December 2019
This month we’re going back to some UX fundamentals, so enjoy these new articles about some old, yet timeless, topics.
Accelerators Allow Experts to Increase Efficiency
Accelerators enhance user interfaces by providing an alternate method for accomplishing a specific action.
- Aurora Harley, Senior User Experience Specialist
Keyboard shortcuts (one type of accelerator) are one of my favorite UX techniques. Accelerators Allow Experts to Increase Efficiency explains why and how you should use them.
Mental Models for Designers
To get you started, I’ve put together a set of seven of my favorite mental models that I use daily as a designer.
- Wes O'Haire, Product Designer
Mental Models for Designers is a great article to read before starting a design project. It’ll put you in the right mind set to come up with the best solution.
Designing a Better 'Settings' Screen for Your App
Designing settings can be tricky as it does not get the needed attention and is often overlooked.
- Vivek Karthikeyan, Product Designer
Designing a Better ‘Settings’ Screen for Your App uses illustrated, easy to follow examples to help you create this important part of your interface.
7 Psychological Principles for Better UX
Apart from clinical applications and psychotherapy, psychology comes with a wide range of tools to help people in their everyday life.
- Kalina Tyrkiel, Content Specialist
7 Psychological Principles for Better UX is a good primer on some important concepts you should know to clean up your user experience.
Why Most UX Projects Could Use Task Analysis
A Task Analysis is a tool that makes it easy to trace a design decision to the research that was done to get there.
- Tarik (Rick) Dzekman, Customer Experience Consultant
Task Analysis has been around for a very long time. Why Most UX Projects Could Use Task Analysis reintroduces it at a good time.
It’s been a great year for UX and UI good reads. What does 2020 have in store? You’ll read about it here.
Want to read our favorite links from the past? Check out the archives.
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