The big flaw of social networks, and how to solve it

A little more than two decades ago, the young web had a very big problem: Finding the “right” information and what you needed was very hard. In other words, back then, search engines sucked. And then came Google, with a single purpose, to show people what they need, when they need it. It was not an ..

A swiss cheese model for reducing biases in user research

Developing a model to reduce the impact of cognitive biases in User Research.Fig: Swiss Cheese Model for preventing Corona Virus infection.Every accident has underlying factors behind its occurrence. Those factors are usually human or design-related which causes slips and mistakes, which cause the a..

A Utility Class for Covering Elements

Big ol’ same to Michelle Barker here: Here’s something I find myself needing to do again and again in CSS: completely covering one element with another. It’s the same CSS every time: the first element (the one that needs to be covered) has position: relative applied to it. The second has position: ..

The State of Web Design ,December 2018

Hey there, WDD Readers. Once more, I have spent a whole lot of my life online. My New Year’s resolution is to stay inside and keep doing that. I...

17 top tips for using Sketch

The ideation and wireframing stage of any design enables you to consider the layout and user experience from the very start of your project. By only using the core...

The Hamburger & Mega-Menu Combination Design Trend

Hamburger icons are everywhere. They carved a niche for themselves without any intention to leave us anytime soon. Hate it, love it – just deal with it. Much like...

Form Design Patterns Book Excerpt: A Registration Form

Form Design Patterns Book Excerpt: A Registration FormForm Design Patterns Book Excerpt: A Registration Form Adam Silver 2018-10-10T12:25:00+02:002018-10-18T12:41:47+00:00Let’s start with a registration form. Most companies want long-term relationships with their users. To do that they need user..