A Guide to Designing Notifications
What is a notification and what are they used for? Notifications are used for alerts, error messages, confirmations, announcements, and acknowledgements. Basically, any type of temporary message you want or
Emotional Design: How to Persuade Users to Convert
Last week we talked a little bit about branding, and one of the topics discussed was how emotional design is used to make users feel a certain way, in an
How to Build Trust When You're Dealing with Online Payments
Money changes everything. People have a completely different attitude towards products when they're not free, compared to when they are free; they become less tolerant when it doesn't work as
How to Build Trust with Your Users Through Design
When we think of improving the user experience, we think of happy users resulting in a boost of conversions (sales, signups, etc). We often forget about the psychological undertones of
How to Boost Conversions Below the Fold
In this day and age, where there is so much content to choose from (in our inbox, our newsfeeds, etc), there’s an increased amount of pressure to convert users.
How to Design the Perfect "Coming Soon" Page
2017 is rapidly becoming the year the of side project. Sadly, though, most on-the-side’s eventually end up abandoned due to a lack of time, not enough interested customers, or
4 Quick Ways You Can Improve Your Forms Right Now
It’s shocking, that even in 2017, the user experience of the average form is way below standard. People still look at forms and think, “No…why”. You can use
How to Avoid Designing Overly-Minimal Layouts
Minimal layouts are, by far, my favourite type of layouts — there’s something about the simplicity and cleanliness of them that makes minimal user interfaces a delight to use. But
Is the Hamburger Menu Healthy for UX?
Ah, the hamburger menu ? an icon of three stacked lines (two buns and the meat in the middle) used to represent a menu. Clicking on the icon reveals a navigation