Bootstrap vs. Foundation: Which Framework Should You Choose? [Infographic]

Bootstrap vs. Foundation: Which Framework Should You Choose? [Infographic]

So you are planning a new web design project and considering one of the world’s two most popular design frameworks to help you create a fully-responsive and modern site outline. But what’s better: Twitter’s Bootstrap or Foundation by Zurb? The …

Hot User Input Design Patterns for Mobile

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Hot User Input Design Patterns For Mobile

For any mobile application, nothing will ever happen without some initial and ongoing input from the user. It is, therefore, critical that mobile product designers, developer and product managers understand the best ways to allow them to do so. Although …

The Player Experience: How To Design for Mobile Games

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The Player Experience: How to Design Delightful UX for Mobile Games?

Mobile is the future of everything. Mobile technologies are changing not only the way we search the web or play games, but the way we live. So it’s not surprising that this growth attracts investors, who in their turn, make …

What is the Point of Material Design?

What is the Point of Material Design?

In the simplest of explanations, Google developed Material Design to unify the experiences users have across various Google platforms. Additionally, this unification is to bring improved overall experience a user has with technology by making the interaction easier, simpler and …

How to Use SVG Patterns

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SVG patterns are one of several paint options that we have for coloring the fills and strokes of shapes and text. While generally regarded as one of the more complex options, establishing a foundation and understanding the basic syntax can …

Mobile Design Patterns: A Practical Look

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Mobile Design Patterns: A Practical Look

UI design patterns are frequently misinterpreted and misused concepts. Too often, they’re confused with specific elements (or features) that can simply be developed as-is from one of the popular Design Pattern and Wireframing Libraries. While those examples are a great …

Design Trend: Ghost Buttons in Website Design

Design Trend: Ghost Buttons in Website Design

The biggest trend of 2014 is something I’m not sure we saw coming. And it’s all based on one of the smallest design components of almost any website – the button. Ghost Buttons – those transparent, clickable items – are …

How to Improve Website UX with Doors Diagram

How to improve your website’s UX with Doors Diagram

Information visualization helps websites to increase retention, conversions and other metrics that may suffer from design flaws. Using the Doors Diagram to visualize a process of a user passing all the way from the starting point to the final goal …

Creating a Scalable SVG Infographic

In this tutorial, I’m exploring how to make a scalable infographic in the browser using SVG as a graphical format. I’m also using CSS3 animation techniques to animate most elements. The subject of the infographic is “Population growth on this …

Optimizing the Usability of Online Forms

Optimizing the usability of online forms

Forms are the gatekeepers of the internet. They are often filled out as a starting point for one’s journey – such as signing up for an account. They are also filled out in order to get to one’s account – …