UX Design

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  The Ultimate UX Design of the Perfect CTA Button

  Jerry Cao  •  July 17, 2015

  Buttons  are one of the most important elements to create, especially if you use them for calls to action. If you wait to the last minute, you may be risking your...
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  The 4 Essential UX Documents Every Designer Needs

  Jerry Cao  •  July 8, 2015

  When it comes to UX documentation, wireframes and prototypes are certainly among the most important. But that’s just the beginning. We’ve actually found four other documents...
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  How Time Perception Impacts Interaction Design

  Jerry Cao  •  May 25, 2015

  How can you use time to your advantage in interaction design? Is it even controllable? The elements of timing can be difficult to describe, but we all feel them, from the...
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  The Value of UX Research in Product Development

  Armen Ghazarian  •  May 15, 2015

  When we talk about user experience, we quite often end up discussing UX Design. Some may even refer to UX and UX Design as a same thing, which they are not. Today I would like to...
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  How to Use Size & Space in Interaction Design

  Jerry Cao  •  April 27, 2015

  While he never lived to see the Internet, engineering psychologist Paul Fitts nonetheless had a huge influence on digital design with his 1954 proposal now known as Fitts’s...
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  Guide to the Onboarding Process in Mobile Apps

  Paula Borowska  •  April 2, 2015

  Onboarding can take on a few different shapes. Sometimes it’s as simple as account creation or logging in. Sometimes it’s more extensive where it includes a walk-through...
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  How to Delightfully Trick Users With Animation

  Jerry Cao  •  March 23, 2015

  Without motion, there cannot be interaction. When you close a tab, it disappears from the screen: at this basic level, motion provides immediate feedback (which is crucial since...
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  How Phablets Are Changing Mobile UX

  Armen Ghazarian  •  March 17, 2015

  Remember the days when smaller mobile phones were fancy? That time is gone. Large screen smartphones have been around for quite a while and the trend suggests that they are not...
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  The What, Why, and How of Mockups

  Jerry Cao  •  March 4, 2015

  Before we get into how to make the most of your mockups, it helps to know what exactly they are — and what they’re not. As discussed in The Guide to Wireframing, mockups,...
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  Wireframing & Prototyping: The Past, Present, and Future

  Jerry Cao  •  February 5, 2015

  Jerry Cao is a content strategist at UXPin — the wireframing and prototyping app — where he develops in-app and online content. To learn the methods, tools, and processes of...