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Extreme Programming and UI Design – Part 2

This blog post is the second in a series of two about extreme programming as a UX design method. Benefits of extreme programming in User Interface Design The hallmark benefit of extreme programming is customer satisfaction and an efficient user … Continue reading

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Extreme Programming and UI Design – Part 1

This blog post is the first in a series of two about extreme programming as a UX design method. What is extreme programming? Extreme programming is a subtype of the agile development software process and is designed to improve the … Continue reading

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New Evernote Web User Interface Design

When creating user interface designs for web apps that are available on a number of platforms (desktop, internet, phone, tablet etc.) it is important to create as consistent and unified a service as possible. This engenders good usability which leads … Continue reading

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Niehaus Wireframing Method

This blog post is the second in a series of two about the Niehaus Wireframing Method. Conversion Strategy Component of Niehaus Wireframes Conversion strategy is an important component In the Niehaus Wireframing Method. It can be divided into three aspects … Continue reading

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The All New Internet Explorer 9

After two years Microsoft’s follow up to Internet Explorer 8 – the Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) – has finally landed! Since that time the saturated web browser market has gotten even more saturated, while Internet Explorer has also lost market … Continue reading

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Usability Terms Explained: How to conduct an ethnographical usability test?

How to conduct an ethnographical usability test James Hom’s Usability Methods Toolbox (usability.jameshom.com) provides a good example of how to carry out a usability test using the method of ethnography. Hom asserts that testers should take on the spirit of … Continue reading

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Usability Terms Explained: Ethnography and Its Role in User Interface Design

What is Ethnography and how does it relate to user interface design? Ethnography is a research methodology that is most commonly used in the social sciences, particularly in anthropology and sociology. Its purpose is to gather empirical data relative to … Continue reading

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Usability Methods in Interface Design: Expert Review

The usability method ‘expert review’ is quite similar to the method ‘heuristic evaluations’. A few usability experts gather around an interface or website and review all pages, controls and design patterns. But in contrast to a heuristic evaluation, they are … Continue reading

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Usability Methods Explained: Design Patterns

What are design patterns? In the world of interface design, design patterns are repeatable solutions to commonly occurring problems within a software program or, more precisely, its interface design. They are patterns of problems that keep occurring during the interface … Continue reading

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Office 2010 (Desktop) – What an Interface Design

As the saying goes ‘if it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it’. When Microsoft released Office 2007 to succeed Office 2003, users were treated to a revolution in the popular office productivity suite’s interface design as some of the … Continue reading

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