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Presentation Zen: 10 Tips on how to think like a designer
Presentation Zen: 10 Tips on how to think like a designer
Tips that can apply to instructional design, graphic design, web design, etc. They are broad, but it's helpful to have these kinds of ideas articulated clearly rather than being something that people do but can't explain. I especially like "Obsess about ideas and not tools."
·presentationzen.com·
Presentation Zen: 10 Tips on how to think like a designer
User Experience Design
User Experience Design
This "User Experience Honeycomb" identifies different facets of user experience. Visual aesthetics can make a user experience "desirable," but that's not the same as it being "useful." h/t Judy Katz
·semanticstudios.com·
User Experience Design
Why You Should Never Center Align Paragraph Text
Why You Should Never Center Align Paragraph Text
Longer text should be left aligned, not centered, to improve readability
Left aligned text is easier to read than centered text for paragraphs. This is because when you center your text, the starting place of each line changes. This forces your users to work harder to find where each line begins to continue reading. Without a straight left edge, there is no consistent place where users can move their eyes to when they complete each line.
·uxmovement.com·
Why You Should Never Center Align Paragraph Text
Does Text Alignment Matter for Accessibility and Usability?
Does Text Alignment Matter for Accessibility and Usability?
Centering text makes it harder to read, especially for longer paragraphs. This hurts accessibility and usability.
The reason why center text alignment is horrible for user experience is that with each new line the user reads, there is a brief moment where the user has to find where the next line begins – decreasing the users reading speed.
In my opinion centered paragraphs are only acceptable up to a point, 3 lines of text to be specific. Anymore, it becomes too displeasing to read each line after.
Primary page titles should be okay centered as they tend to not have as many words and therefore lines of text. Most page titles aren’t long enough that text alignment becomes an issue with usability. However, with secondary titles (h2’s) and anything under should always be left-aligned to match its paragraph text.
Left text alignment should be used in 95% of cases to help your readers read at an optimal, undiminished reading speed.
You can use center alignment in small doses like main page headings without detracting from the user’s experience.
Only use justified text for mediums where its commonplace like material books or e-books.
The only commonplace acceptable use of right alignment is navigations on websites.
·thewebsitearchitect.com·
Does Text Alignment Matter for Accessibility and Usability?