By Alex Caldwell
Tuesday October 10th, 2017
In this article, we’ll examine how to structure your website to reflect the principles of user centered design. We’ll dive into the strategy with page hierarchy, usability guidelines, keyword research for naming pages, as well as some tips and tools to find how your users search for information and how your website structure should reflect that.
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By Alex Caldwell
Thursday January 19th, 2017
In this article, we’ll break down Brolik’s new responsive web design menu and explain how the code works line by line.
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By Alex Caldwell
Tuesday September 27th, 2016
Here’s our favorite way to set up a responsive web design footer for use on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. We'll get into the HTML, CSS, and JQuery that it takes to make all of the content and user interface elements stack, reorder, and collapse for optimal use on any size device.
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By Drew Thomas
Tuesday April 19th, 2016
A successful interface is an "invisible" one. All interfaces will eventually become conversational and use messaging interaction patterns.
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By Jessica Warhus
Tuesday April 12th, 2016
Designers strive to make beautiful web experiences. However, should pixel perfection be a priority on the web?
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By Alex Caldwell
Monday August 24th, 2015
Where has the soul in web design gone? The web in general has grown in the right direction in terms of usability, but we've lost some of the bold creativity in the process. How can we recapture the soul? And more importantly why should we?
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By Jessica Warhus
Tuesday June 2nd, 2015
Human behavior is greatly influenced by unconscious thought. With a basic understanding of human cognition, we can help anticipate user behavior.
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By Drew Thomas
Tuesday May 19th, 2015
User experience, or UX, is often overlooked as an important factor in a company's overall customer experience. It shouldn't be.
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By Drew Thomas
Monday December 29th, 2014
Installable web apps are apps that can be installed on phones or tablets outside of the device's app store. They also may be the future of the open web and apps in general.
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By Alex Caldwell
Monday November 24th, 2014
In this article, we'll dissect two approaches to creating responsive web design menus; the slide down and the slide in. We'll look at the HTML, CSS, and jQuery to make these mobile friendly menus function.
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