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During Web Week, we encourage our customers to take advantage of this low-stress time of year to create more personalized, dynamic, and better-performing digital experiences. For brands and agencies, this is the perfect time to kick your feet up, re-access, and get creative. It’s the ideal time to get inspired and do all the things you’ve been neglecting during the hectic holiday season.
The process of disabling the 5.0 editor should not be a hassle. In the coming days, we will be rolling out an admin notice that will display on the Dashboard page* of your site(s). This notice will have information about adopting the new editor and will provide buttons to install/activate the
When it comes to facilitating a truly enjoyable and productive workplace, it takes more than just the promise of perks and ping pong. Employees want their workplaces to reflect what they value and expect out of the company they work for: trustworthiness, morality, and the opportunity to grow both in
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re extra excited to bring you this new StudioPress Theme: Breakthrough Pro, which is the first new theme to be launched since our acquisition of StudioPress in June. Breakthrough Pro
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Finally, Hathaway sees this as a unique opportunity for the United States to work with countries around the world, and with organizations on an extremely local level. “We cannot succeed if our government works in isolation,” she added. It requires “leading from the top” from
CSS conversion of my Radio weblog
The hardest thing about the re-design was integrating the tableless CSS design into Radio Userland. I had to do some jiggery-pokery with the Radio Userland templates and macros, and the CSS implementation is not yet complete. I’ve had to temporarily remove my blogroll and topicroll, along
Emerging Technologies are Banding Together to Accelerate Big Data’s Growth
Thanks to the growth of the internet, the rate at which new information is being released is growing exponentially. Accelerating big data between machines. We are in an age when communication is not just between human beings. Machines are now the go-to for connections between the people to people
Beyond Usability: 3 User Experiences Reshaping Their Industries
When they call a regular cab, riders have no control — hence, all the anxieties listed above. With Uber, they suddenly get all the control they need: once they order an “uber”, they see how far away the car is and how much they have to wait, they know in advance how much the ride will cost
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The Most Hated Online Advertising Techniques
Advertisements tend to be received more negatively on mobile devices than on desktop. One reason may be the relatively larger footprint that ads have on mobile screens: limited real estate exacerbates the existing usability problems found on desktop. Additionally, the context of mobile use tends to
Browser and GUI Chrome
What do we mean when talking about the "chrome" in a user interface design? An attendee asked this question during a recent course on Visual Design for Mobile and Tablet. Whenever someone asks us a basic question, I assume that many more people want the answer as well — and thus, this article on
Wireflows: A UX Deliverable for Workflows and Apps
Despite being most frequently used for mobile apps, wireflows are also useful for documenting complex workflows in desktop application and webapps. Since showing a full-screen desktop wireframe for each step in a process can waste a lot of space if most of the screen design stays unchanged at each
7 Tips for Successful Customization
Customization allows users to make selections and set preferences in a system, with the intent of giving users more control over the user experience. Customization allows users to select the content, layout, functionality or design that appeals to them. However, customization tools require work and
Defeated By a Dialog Box
The lesson from this case study is not how to design a better "Save As" dialog. Depending on the circumstances, you could use any of the four designs I listed, or perhaps even design a fifth that works better for your particular type of data. It's easy enough to find out what's best for your users
Ecommerce Usability Improvements
In general, sites would benefit from a longer-term perspective on the full sales cycle and total user experience. A transmedia design strategy should reach beyond the main website to encompass a mobile site, an email newsletter strategy, and good customer service (including good confirmation
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Don't Force Users to Register Before They Can Buy
TinyPrints.com required that users create an account and also automatically subscribed users to the newsletter, mentioning above the Create Account button that “You will be subscribed to the Tiny Prints email newsletter” (stated in tiny print, which makes users weary right there.) Being signed
Alternative Payment Methods Enable International Purchases
In Chile, consumers who want to pay with their debit card must carry around a special key fob, also known as a “disconnected token” that generates one-time passwords, which users then manually input into a website’s checkout flow to complete the purchase. While secure, this method has several
Accordions for Complex Website Content on Desktops
Another situation in which accordions are helpful is when the information is restricted to very small spaces, such as on mobile devices. On small screens people often stop scrolling before reaching the end of an extremely long page. If the page has several loosely related pieces of information
Iterative Design of User Interfaces
To reduce the number of catastrophes, confirming dialog boxes were introduced in version two to allow the user to check the system's interpretation of major commands before they were executed. For example, one such dialog read, "Each month we will transfer 2,000.00 Kroner from your savings account
Minimize Design Risk by Focusing on Outcomes not Features
No one can agree because the discussion is based on unproven assumptions. It’s like going to the dentist with a toothache and having your teeth pulled out without an examination. That’s indeed one of the many things that the dentist can do, but I hope you’ll all agree that just because it can
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
The Top Futurist Speakers to Have at Your Conference
Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a former lead technology writer for The New York Times, and the host of the Vanity Fair podcast, Inside the Hive. He has written books about the growth of Twitter, and the development of the dark Web, and covered the growth of Theranos in an
Why IoT Data Protection Has Become More Important than Ever
Passed in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU law designed to give users more control over their personal data – and to protect against data breach and misuse. Unlike in Europe, in the US, there is no single, national law that regulates the collection and use of
7 Business Killers — Thoughts Startups Ought to Consider
Being an entrepreneur is one of the quickest thoughts which comes to the mind of a young person when thinking about a career. However considering the risks and challenges which comes with starting a business — most are unprepared for this challenge. Many people believe that because someone
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Standardizing “Tribal Knowledge”: It’s Time for Your Company to Grow Up
Time and time again, I’ve noticed that information gets locked inside the minds and computers of employees, and, as a result, not shared with wider teams. That lack of communication can inhibit both ongoing operations and further innovation and expansion — and it becomes an even more
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues
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Progress Indicators Make a Slow System Less Insufferable
A user’s wait time begins the moment when she initiates an action, whether by tapping the screen, clicking a mouse button, pressing a key, or speaking a voice command. Immediately, the system should give some visual feedback to communicate that it has received the request. For example, a button
Give Thanks for Good UX
This author was delighted by the chance to create a stand for her e-reader or phone while doing a bit of origami. United Airlines, on some flights, includes this cardstock paper that’s meant to be folded into a personal device stand. Since many of the United flights are relying on personal-device
Password Creation: 3 Ways To Make It Easier
For the IT and security teams, point to research that shows that standard guidelines for complex passwords are more vulnerable than other types. For example, a study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University recently showed that “certain combinations of requirements [for longer passwords]
