No one else in the process has to get it right the first time. Designers don’t have to get it right the first time.
Excellent 30 minute podcast discussing the agile UX process.
Whether you’re mapping out a brand new website or looking to optimize an existing user experience, flow design will keep you out of the trap of designing individual pages and interactions and instead focus you on fulfilling users’ needs. By prioritizing your user flows and focusing on the ones that drive the most value to the most users and to the business, you can make the greatest impact with your initial flow design.
(Source: thestartupacademy)
- What is the user trying to accomplish?
- What does the user need to know to accomplish their goal?
- How should the user feel as they accomplish it?
- How does the current design (or alternative) currently make them feel?
- What did they do to accomplish it?
New approaches to designing log-in forms
Looks at new problems arising with sign in with Facebook / Twitter
(via uxrave)
An oldie but a goodie from the ever-helpful Smashing Magazine.
