Questions relating to the general UX field, such as career, academic aspects, its relation to other fields and disciplines, and other topics that relate to the field as a whole.
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A simplified version of UX designer competencies
I have been asked before about describing my role as a UX architect, and I was thinking about the background of people working in UX design as being either graphic/visual design, software ...
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What's the difference between UX and layout design?
This probably falls under the "If you have to ask, then you obviously don't understand" category, but I've always wondered what the difference was between UX and layout. Or even if there is one. I'm ...
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Example Task for a UX (User Experience) Interview
We are in the process of weeding out potential candidates for a new UX position in our company. It is difficult to tell how someone actually works until you get them to go through a project. So, I ...
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Is CXA certification from HFI worth after having CUA?
Is CXA certification from HFI worth after having CUA ?
Hi, I am UX designer with 8 yrs of experience. I did CUA in Oct 2010 and it helped me get a good job, good pay and perform better.
Recently, I ...
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How is the R programming language used in UX research? [closed]
I've seen a number of UX job postings that require knowledge of R. I'm wondering how UX professionals are using this language in research? Specific examples are appreciated.
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How to use paper prototyping on an existing product
Paper prototyping is a very powerful tool early on in a new product build as it helps you to iron out ux and rapidly iterate.
However if you're working on an existing product and want to test small ...
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1answer
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What are some unusual job titles for UX designers [closed]
Since many of us don't work exclusively in a specific team, and that many startups like to be creative with titles, I was wondering if anyone has heard of any creative titles or descriptions for the ...
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Would doing freelance usability testing help me learn more about UX?
I am looking into joining the following services:
UserFeel - (http://www.userfeel.com/)
Analysia - (http://www.analysia.com/Index.asp)
I want to make some income on the side while looking for more ...
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Best iPhone app design process
What is the best way to design an iPhone app? What do I do first.
Is it best to do the following?...
Do a paper wireframe?
Do a digital wireframe (Adobe Illustrator)?
Design the real thing (Adobe ...
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Persona has to be a person? Difference between Brand ambassador, mascot and persona? Validating persona
Actually, these are three inter related sub questions.
Q1. Does Persona have to be a person because ultimately whatever we will create (product/service) that will be used by human being only, and ...
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What should an ideal Interaction Design Portfolio Include
I am preparing my Interaction Design portfolio. I would like to as what should my portfolio include. What all deliverables should be included in the portfolio?
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How to archive paper prototypes and physical objects from design process?
I have looked around UXSE for questions on this and haven't found anything yet.
I am looking for solutions to managing paper prototypes and sketches and other physical objects created during a design ...
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Is there any issues with approaching a website re-design from a mobile first perspective?
I've read the book Mobile First and agree with many of the points made. However, I still do not approach a project creating a set of mobile wireframes and then desktop. I still design the other way ...
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Brief and effective way to present usability study results
I am looking for a great template to create usability study results document without putting anyone to sleep. I have created plenty of them before but would like to see if there is something better ...
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Should usability testing of a competitor's website be a part of your usability testing routine?
I was reading up on best practices on usability testing for websites and a recommendation was that get your participants to do usability testing on your competitors website as well as that would help ...
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How do you handle not being allowed to do stakeholder interviews?
I was recently hired for one of my first new projects and have been interviewing stakeholders. I got through the interviews with other people who work for the client, with no problems. However, the ...
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How do we validate our persona?
When we pursue our goal of ease of use for our users we sometimes use personas to test or guide our designs. And that’s all good – because it gives us a feeling of how a user would interpret the ...
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usability training sessions
I have been asked to run a 0.5 day training course into 'usability' for a client and I am trying to distil all my years of experience into something non-rambling and simple; something that captures ...
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Where can I find problems to challenge my UI design skills?
I'm still in the beginnings of my career as a programmer, and have always thought I was more interested in low-level back-end type stuff. However, having done a few projects lately on my own, I've ...
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Does a large UX team tend to spoil a design?
Is there a rule of thumb for how many UX designers should be working together on a project? Factoring in things like the size of the project (e.g. number of functions/screens), timeline of the ...
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Why use paper prototyping, besides saving time?
When creating a web application prototype, I find it's pretty easy for me to put together a fast prototype. What are the advantages to using a paper prototype instead (or before that)?
This video ...
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How can we communicate that UX work can't be done by just anyone?
About 2 years ago, I asked about a good usability/UX elevator pitch, so I can quickly explain what UX is whenever I need.
But, to this date, I still can't get over one little issue: lots of people ...
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Avoiding designing by committee
How can one avoid making a design that satisfies everyone, but pleases no one?
As a UI designer, you often find yourself a part of a development team, with numerous stakeholders. Now, when it comes ...
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How to showcase UX work?
Presenting your UX design on the portfolio is more than just showing off some screenshots of the wireframe or finished graphics. I am just wondering what your thoughts are on the ideal way to display ...
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What is the best (& quickest!) way to learn wire framing?
I need to get-up to wire-framing speed! What's the easiest way to learn? I have a good understanding of the concepts as a content manager, but my next role requires these additional skills.
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Do UX guy needs to be good at making designs using Photoshop and converting them into HTML, CSS? [closed]
Do UX guy needs to be good at making designs using Photoshop and converting them into HTML, CSS? Or these are job of Graphic/web designer and front-end guy?
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Is user experience a job position?
What I meant by my question was is user experience a stand alone job position, or is it a technical or artistic position that uses some principles of user experience design?
The reason I ask is ...
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What UI Should I Use?
Here's the feature:
The user is a construction sub-contractor. Each user specializes in something like welding or plumbing or windows, etc... Now, these things they specialize in are formally defined ...
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Are there any online resources, such as courses/tutorials/blogs, about UI/UX sketching? [closed]
So, I've read Sketching User Experience by Bill Buxton and several blogs discussion how to start the ideation process in a good way with sketching. I've also read about different pens, such as Copic ...
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The art of building great GUI [closed]
I am not sure whether its appropriate to ask this question here. If its not, please let me know.
Being a novice in graphic and web designing, I am always pondered by this question.
What are the ...
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Which is better option Create/Save for Activity and Circle? [closed]
I want to create an Activity as well as Circle for networking. Which button will be suitable 'Create' or 'Save'.
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1answer
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What makes a great user experience portfolio?
I'm in the middle of a job search. I came up from a development (both front and backend) background and have done quite a bit of UX work.
The biggest problem I'm facing in putting my portfolio ...
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Which is better option 'School', 'College' or any other?
I have used the school field name for both school and college on my website, but I think 'School' and 'College' have different meanings. Can anyone suggest a more appropriate option?
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UI / UX Review Site? [closed]
I stumbled upon a UI/UX review site some time ago, but cannot seem to put my finger on it again. Could someone please advise if you are aware of what this site may be? I have a few designs I'd like ...
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UX: Aesthetic-Functional Heuristic or Empirically Based Research? [closed]
What's best to make people buy in, sponsor and support UX within businesses without it?
The other day I was reading an article that mentioned that Samsung was losing to apple a battle for consumer ...
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How to convince stakeholders to invest in proper UX?
I'm working on a web app with a team of 5, including me. One database administrator, one project manager, two programmers and me the front-end designer. This project is an internal reporting system.
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Where is the most effective place to put search button
I am designing a page with search/filter section.
I would like to know where is the most effective place to put the search button?
In the picture the gray box, created dynamically so it maybe 15 ...
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How to create company's ux knowledge base [closed]
Do you have any experiences with your Company's internal solutions for ux knowledge base?
Together with my colleagues we struggle to create one.
I will be grateful for your advice.
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Finding internships in Sydney [closed]
I'm interested in UX design/research internships or volunteer work in Sydney.
Can anyone suggest some resources to get me started?
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Whats the UX strategy behind Twitter's Retweet dialog?
Mouse Hovering over a particular tweet on the feed will show these links - / Reply , Retweet , Fav , More / -
These links are prominent enough and clean.
I dont understand the reason for ...
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How to break into the field of HCI?
Before you make a remark of this has been asked over and again, let me point out that I have done my research -
Do I have the skills for UX?
As a programmer, how do I move into UX?
Getting into ...
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What is the difference between Wireframing and prototyping
What is the difference between Wireframing and prototyping? Prototype should be interactive and Wire-frame Static? Am i right?
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Is taking the CUA (certified Usability analyst) certification worth it?
I see a lot of people taking this certification nowadays and I wonder if its actually worth it and how is it received by the industry and does it really help in bringing you up to speed with UX and ...
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Is there a job board for UX designer? [closed]
Is there a niche job board for User Experience practitioners?
I know there are Mashable Jobs and Mediabistro which is not only on UX. Is there a job board for UX alone?
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As a programmer, how do I move into User Experience Design?
I've been a developer for over 6 years, mainly working in the web context, and generally distributed applications, services, and also front-facing apps. I got into programming originally through ...
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Is it odd to display search results in a modal window?
We're trying to avoid adding another page in the hierarchy. (basically a results page with a Back button). A few things....
displaying the results on the same page as the search input field isn't an ...
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UX Designer, UX Analyst or UX Architect?… does it matter?
Lately I've been asked to explain my job description, you know, what is your title?. I've been looking around to see how other colleagues describe the job.
I find that some people call it UX ...
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UX designer jobs
I will be graduating with a master degree in HCI and am interested in taking up ux designer roles in the industry. Most of the job openings require 5+ years of relevant exp and a portfolio to showcase ...
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Hiring Web Designer/Usability Expert - What should I be looking for?
I work for a small data management/warehousing company that also focuses heavily on web applications. We are looking to "beautify" our existing web apps into something along the lines of mint.com or ...
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To be a ux designer
I am currently working as an instructional designer and I am very interested in switching to UX design. I have taken up a few interviews but I have not been able to convince that the two fields ...
