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Jul 19 |
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How much should a UX professional know about front-end development? But is it bad to be 'swayed by technicalities'? I find UX designers that poo-poo said limitations are more often than not, not very good UX designers. Design is very much about the medium one works in and all mediums have a defined range of capabilities. A good designer doesn't consider them limitations, but merely the framework of the medium they are working in. A good design solution also has to be a pragmatic one most of the time. |
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Jul 19 |
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How much should a UX professional know about front-end development? I agree. Sadly, many larger organizations have very formal splits between groups. I current work in an org with a split between UX and FE Dev where both answer to separate bosses, separate budget pools, etc. So, sometimes the communication loops suffers greatly at the hands of antiquated corporate org charts. |
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Jul 19 |
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How much should a UX professional know about front-end development? Good advice! "If you learn to code, you will spend a lot more time coding, and a lot less time designing" --> I argue that UX coding is as much about the design as UX sketching. It's one of the tools a UX designer uses to create the UX. I do agree with your 4th bullet...that is definitely something to be cognisant of. However, I'd say that's less of an issue than the opposite...which is designing things that can't be implemented at all. |
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Jul 18 |
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Senior Usability and Navigation I'm not sure why age would have a direct relation to how usable a tabbed or accordion'ed' page would be. |
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Jul 12 |
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Is The HTML5 Search Form Useful In Terms of Usability it is correct in that the field isn't fetching data, but it can be preloaded with data allowing for a look-ahead/filter interaction being built by the browser itself. |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? @Matt is your question specifically pertaining to the SE upvoting system or are you just using that as an example? As for research, ANY type of research is open up to human bias and error. Still, research and its analysis is typically seen as more valid than opinions alone. |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? True. Though it's typically better to observe SOMETHING as a way to validate your opinion rather than just having your opinion alone. What I see typically happen is a group of UX folks arriving at different conclusions as an approach to take. All are valid opinions. Now to test them. We'll A/B test the options and see what results we get. Imperfect? Sure, but still better than playing rock/paper/scissors to decide. ;) |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? A study is typically more scientific than just an opinion posted online, though. At the same time, a study isn't an absolute truth, either...but it gives a starting point for the discussion to form around. |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? My favorite analogy for this type of topic is the Homer Simpson car ;) |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? There's a difference between a user's preference and what they actually do. That's a key concept to keep in mind. A user may say they prefer pink text on purple polka dotted backgrounds (qualitative), but when asked to complete a task, you may find them failing and saying "I can't read this" (quantitative) |
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Jul 12 |
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Isn't all user testing essentially a way of gathering how people think things should work? I guess you can put it that way. What is the issue you are having with that? |
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Jul 12 |
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How do users expect dropdown navigation to work? I mostly agree. I updated my answer with a bit more info. |
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Jul 12 |
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Examples of placebos in UI design? That's an interesting one! |
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Jul 11 |
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Resources for UI Architectural Concepts Good list of items. It'd be great if you could put some of them directly in the answer for future reference. |
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Jul 11 |
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How important is white space in an interface design? It's missing a graphic/ui/ux designer. Not sure why estrus is a variable. This isn't really an appropriate question for StackExchange, though. |
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Jul 8 |
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iPad Overlay vs separate Page it's not a device issue. It's a network issue. Are you talking about a local app or are you talking about a mobile web browser? If the latter, see above. If the former, I'm not sure there's a big difference. A modal is typically a page you wan to show without getting rid of the underlying page. Since the modal navigates away anyways, I'd say it's purely an aesthetic decision at this point. |
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Jul 1 |
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Best way to help people understand they can buy domains by clicking on them? I tend to assume anyone that posts their first and only question with a link to a commercial web site is spamming. |
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Jun 30 |
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Accessible CMS software Oh good lord, NO! They may adhere to some sort of technical accessibility guidelines, but SharePoint is anything but semantic markup. It's also incredibly bloated and clumsy as a CMS. |
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Jun 28 |
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To be a ux designer I guess it all depends on the definition of 'UX' your potential employers are using. But I'd definitely say your past tasks put you in the ballpark of UX...if not in a specific position. |
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Jun 27 |
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What is the best way to allow a user to select one value from a list of potentially hundreds? Is it a flat list? can they options be grouped somehow? |
