Hardware or Software tools used by UX professionals to do their work. Also more generally software used by users to shape or modify something they are creating.
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Best wireframing user flow tools [closed]
What in the opinion of the community is the best Wire-framing tool out there. There are literally dozens of them so I wondering what the pro's use. I'm specifically looking form something that will ...
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Have you used Patternry (or used/built another patern library management system)?
I need to create a proper pattern/component library for our organization. Ideally, it would include:
images (examples of the component)
attachments (wireframes)
description
title
notes/conversation ...
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What is the best user friendly for users scanning documents? [closed]
I am designing a product that has a feature for end users to scan/upload visual and text work. The quality needs to be good. The user demographic is not very tech savvy. Question is what is the best ...
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Creating beautiful User Interface Designs [closed]
I usually have a hard time designing a good UI for my applications/websites (especially the websites).
Are there any tricks to this? Are there good books that can help/guide me? Or libraries eg. ...
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What are some tools / techniques to manages screenshots? [closed]
Whenever I need to design a new control, I search the web for similar patterns, and take screen shots of interesting interfaces.
I later use those screen shots for reference and brainstorming.
I'm ...
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Which software do you use to write your reports?
I've been writing reports for a long while using Microsoft Word. Now I'm getting really tired of it. I'm looking for something more "automatic" where I have to format my report only once, then ...
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What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a website wireframe? [closed]
What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a
website wireframe? What tools have you used, and did you find them better than pen and paper?
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Are there any survey tools that are optimized to render correctly on mobile devices? [closed]
My company would like to run a NPS survey off of our Mobile experience (app and website), are there any tools that will work well with mobile screens? We use Vovici, cvent and surveymonkey in house ...
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Usability testing software with Eye tracking tools
I took a course in Human Computer Interaction last semester, and I find it very interesting. I am working on a website project, and thought I would try some user involvement.
I was thinking about ...
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Is there an accepted standard for building views and UI elements in Blend that is easy to consume for developers? [closed]
I'm working with a team of developers who are just coming up to speed on Silverlight development. Their BAs completed some prototypes in Axure that I'm starting to work from, but ultimately I am going ...
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A service like Usabilityhub's Navflow but featuring branching?
For testing navigation flows of static screens/image mockups Usabilityhub's Navflow is a pretty nifty service/tool.
However, to my knowledge it only allows the test creator to specify one single path ...
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With straighten, do we really need rotate?
Related to Combining rotation and straightening of images.
Rotate: Grab a corner, drag it to its new location, rest of image follows.
Straighten: Either click-drag-drop a line on a horizon, or click ...
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What tools are sitting in front of a creative user experience designer during most of their workday?
There may not be a "typical" UX Designer, but if there was a normal one, what is the main tool or tools that is in front of them as they craft, plan, think, and create an incredible UX that shows real ...
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Technology used in user experience / interaction design
I would like to be a software engineer (I am a computer science grad), but I would like to focus on user interaction/experience/interface design. Although I would love to get more into the design I ...
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What high fidelity tools are best for detailed prototypes? [closed]
My team and I currently use Dreamweaver, but we're rethinking our UX process now and we're exploring new tools. We decided on Balsamiq for low fidelity. What do you recommend for high fidelity tools?
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What makes Silverback a usability program?
I can't get any reply from Clearleft, so I will ask here.
What makes Silverback a usability program? I mean, it records audio and video, from webcam and desktop. Like many others.
Does it show how ...
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Simplest, cheapest solution for hosted A/B tests? [closed]
I'd like to test two designs for the same call-to-action before deploying the winner in anger.
An ideal solution would host both designs on a single URL, record the results and generate usage ...
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Combining rotation and straightening of images
Topic may seem weird as the two terms seem to mean the same.
Clarification:
Rotation: The typical way of grabbing a corner and pulling in the direction you want the image to rotate.
Straightening: ...
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What is the best diagram tool? [closed]
During UX work there are many times when you need to build a flow chart, a sitemap or any other type of diagram. I've been using OmniGraffle on my Mac but at work I have to use a PC, so I gave Dia a ...
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What are the best A/B tools? [closed]
I have a few pages to A/B test, and I am looking for the best tools to use for this? Is there a "standard" or favorite industry tool?
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Standardized free survey besides SUS [closed]
Do you know of any standardized surveys freely available such as the System Usability Scale (SUS)? If it is only free for academic purpuses it's also good (I want to use it during a practical course ...
