Should you choose an annotated, embedded, or dedicated UX pattern for your user onboarding experience? We break down the pros and cons of each type of onboarding UX, along with best practices for using popular UI patterns like modals and tooltips effectively.
Usability task scenarios: The beating heart of a usability test
Usability tests are unique. We ask people to do real tasks with the system and watch. As the person completes the task, we watch their behaviour and listen to their stream-of-consciousness narrative. But what makes a good usability task scenario?
Five Mistakes in Designing Mobile Push Notifications
Provide value to users before asking them to receive your app’s notifications; tell them what the notifications will be about. Don’t send notifications in bursts; make it easy to turn them off.
User Interviews: How, When, and Why to Conduct Them
User interviews have become a popular technique for getting user feedback, mainly because they are fast and easy. Use them to learn about users’ perceptions of your design, not about its usability.
Design for Kids Based on Their Stage of Physical Development
Touch gestures such as swiping and tapping big targets are easy for all children, but fine mouse or trackpad gestures such as dragging are hard for young kids.
Interviews provide a wealth of qualitative information – thoughts, feelings, frustrations, anecdotes, and much more – about a certain task or situation that you can’t necessarily glean from a data set…
In Search of Product/Market fit: How Setapp Found its Customers
I joined Setapp as a product manager in January last year, at the same time as the company was launching its main product. Setapp provides Mac users with a way to use and discover new apps, and develo…
Quantitative User-Research Methodologies: An Overview
Need numerical data about your product’s UX, but not sure where to start? Check out this list of the most popular quantitative methods to help you pick a tool.