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An American friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as 62718298454@163.com. This made sense to me at the time—why make email addresses as difficult to remember as phone numbers? But I soon realized that issuing a blanket ban on number-based communications would mean cutting off just about every single Chinese person I knew.
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What is “User Experience Design” exactly? Should you not start it unless you are fully dedicated, or should you embrace it in the process as soon as possible? Are all designers also user experience designers, or is it a separate expertise?
Claudio Guglieri, art director at New York agency B-Reel, walks you through the process of designing a website layout from start to finish.
Imagine that you have just written a post on your blog, tweeted about it and watched it get retweeted by some popular Twitter users, sending hundreds of people to your blog at once. Your excitement at seeing so many visitors talk about your post turns to dismay as they start to tweet that your website is down — a database connection error is shown.
Ever felt totally immersed in a videogame? Your websites should spark the same emotional connection, says Claudio Guglieri of Fi.
Psychology provides a framework for understanding how your users think. Joe Leech explains how to use that knowledge to improve your websites.
Finding just the right page among the billions on the Web requires not only a search engine but also a bit of know-how. Here is a selection of my favorite tips for searching the Web.
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In the web design community, tablets continue to be somewhat of an enigma. They sit in the uncomfortable midpoint between the unrestricted playground of a 'desktop' browser and the full-on design and performance challenge of creating an optimized mobile experience.
Website navigation needs to be intuitive and easy to use - but it doesn't need to be boring. These sites all step outside the box to create something special...
Of course it matters and you know it. So why do we keep making slow sites that lead to a bad user experience? This is a community-driven practical guide that will show you how to make websites faster.
