How Do You Research Something That Doesn’t Yet Exist? Jim Ross / Wed, Mar 1, 2017 I once was in a project-scoping meeting for a client who wanted to create next generation banking products and services. Since these were new ideas, they assumed that the customers didn’t exist yet. We...
Put User Research Knowledge Where It Belongs Jim Ross / Fri, Jan 6, 2017 Imagine conducting extensive user research. You reveal extremely interesting information and present it to your client and the project team. They seem intrigued and appreciate learning about the users...
McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Oct 24, 2016 There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell – you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces...
Mute On, Mute Off? Jim Ross / Sun, May 1, 2016 Sometimes I’m amazed when very simple usability problems are overlooked in an otherwise good design. Google Maps is a great mapping app, with one major exception – turning off the audio directions. As...
Design, Usability and Testing the User Experience Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Wed, Apr 20, 2016 Members of the Infragistics design community have been invited to speak at the 3rd annual Testing UY conference on April 26-27 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Martín Loskin , UX Architect, Claudia Badell...
Keming, or the importance of not being a click. Spasimir Dinev / Tue, Mar 8, 2016 Keming This is Important Let me start with some namedropping, to prove the importance of the subject. Apple just changed the kerning of the word “click“ on the El Capitan website (and tens of articles...
The Stroop Effect and its Implications in UX Design Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Feb 8, 2016 What happens when your brain is trying to process conflicting streams of information? Let’s find out. Read this list of colors to yourself: Red Green Blue Purple Black Brown Yellow Red...
The Power of Pumpkin Spice Darian O'Reilly / Thu, Sep 3, 2015 There are almost three weeks of summer left, all of the leaves are still on the trees and I’m already craving pumpkin. How has this traditionally Thanksgiving flavor taken over the third of the year between...