We’ve been talking about the mobile web for a while now. Before the smartphone took over, users could use a modified web browser on their phones to render slow, frustrating versions of the desktop experience. In 2007, with the proliferation of the smartphone, a browser began rendering the full experience.
Soon, everyone got on board and organizations began creating mobile versions of their site. However, inefficient and clunky infrastructure left users dependent on their desktop. Finally, the mobile web reached a point of maturation with the creation of Responsive Web Design. Using the same code for desktop and mobile and controlling for preferences, development became more efficient but mobile speed...
Texas’ economy is the second largest in the United States, a measure of success that’s only expected to continue; Texas ranks first for its growth prospects due to impressive growth forecasts and competitive employment rates across the state. To tap into this statewide success, however
While some of that spark comes from our roots as an eight-year-old startup, it’s also part of a pioneering spirit we actively foster through various activities during the year. Arguably some of the most impactful—and most fun—are our bi-annual hackathons, where teams of developers and
A recent study of U.S. smartphone users found that the majority (70 percent) have a clear preference for using company websites over mobile apps when making purchases online. The study, conducted by The Center for Generational Kinetics and commissioned by WP Engine, surveyed over 1,200 U.S
9 Blockchains Transforming the Way We Pay, Play, and Work
Look past digital currencies’ nosebleed pricing volatility, and you’ll discover a robust, decentralized, secure database. Brands and technologists are quickly figuring out how to put this powerful ledger to good use. Here are several real-world examples that demonstrate cryptos’
Why Blockchain and Remanufacturing are a Perfect Match
Production in the remanufacturing industry can be difficult as the quality, quantity, and availability of used products can be random and unpredictable. Unlike new items, remanufactured ones depend on the availability of already used parts. There is no way of knowing when these parts will be
Stop Focusing on Cryptocurrencies Problems. Consider its Future.
Unfortunately, would-be entrepreneurs like to throw a crypto component atop haphazard tech architecture to generate buzz. Make sure crypto will add value to your business processes. Exercise caution around proponents, and ask to see demonstrated cases. At the very least, a crypto partner or
Brand Is Experience in the Digital Age
Before a siege, Blackbeard dressed himself in a dark heavy coat and captain’s hat to accentuate his domineering stature. He strapped pistols to his chest and tucked lit, smoking fuses under his hat and in his beard to create an image reminiscent of the devil himself having just emerged from some
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Marking Required Fields in Forms
Most users, however, will not bother to look around — they will simply make assumptions. They will say – “Well, phone number – they don’t really need my phone number, do they? Maybe I’ll leave this blank”. And even if they don’t leave it blank, having to pause to decide whether a
UX Responsibilities in Scrum Ceremonies
In addition to sharing why the past sprint could have gone better, listen for ways to improve how you communicate with the rest of the team. Are your design specifications easily understood? Did you overwhelm your team with user data that is irrelevant for the current sprint? Were your design
Modal & Nonmodal Dialogs: When (& When Not) to Use Them
Nonmodal windows are useful when users need to quickly switch between modes in order to access certain information. For example, Google Mail uses nonmodal windows as the default method for composing new email messages. Users can continue working with this window open, minimize the composed email
Indicators, Validations, and Notifications: Pick the Correct Communication Option
Alternatively, a toast (a small nonmodal popup that disappears after a few seconds, like the New Stories one used by the Facebook app), while appropriate for passive notifications, would be a bad way to implement an error message, be it validation or otherwise. In fact, one of our mobile users
10 Best Application UIs
But Xero might be a more interesting example, simply because it targets the traditionally dry domain of accounting. One of its main features lets users automatically reconcile bookkeeping entries with bank account transactions. As a match is made, the 2 matching entries are removed from the list of
Teenager’s UX: Designing for Teens
To gain further insight into their experiences and attitudes, we asked participants to offer stories and examples detailing how and when they used the web, and which sites they considered interesting and useful. We also solicited advice from teens on how to make websites appealing. Interviews were
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User Experience vs. Customer Experience: What’s the difference?
A good relationship-level experience requires good interaction-level and journey-level experiences, but the whole is more than the sum of its parts. It’s not enough to have good interaction- or journey-level experiences to get a good relationship-level experience. A good relationship-level
Store Finders and Locators
Websites play a major role in helping customers find their way to company locations, including branches, stores, offices, dealers, and other outlets such as ATMs, package-dropoff points, or facilities that accept returned goods for ecommerce sites. Whenever customers need to do business at a
5 Strategies for Presenting UX Remotely
When presenting in person, preparedness and expertise can be expressed in a variety of ways — how you dress, eye contact, energy, and more. Remotely, you lose the ability to leverage these mediums. Create tight, concise, and well organized slides to communicate preparedness and expertise. Use the
The Role of Enhancement in Web Design
The answer to all of these is pretty much the same: these features can be implemented as enhancements in your interface, but the UI should not rely on them for accomplishing any one task — either because some users will not know about them or not think to use them (in the case of right click
UX Guidelines for Recommended Content
Recommendation engines are now common on a variety of websites and apps, often using some kind of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive personalized choices. With increased reliance on recommendations to direct users to items relevant to them, presenting lists of recommended content clearly, in a
We get Smarter with the Internet of Things (IoT) and so do Cities
A major aspect of smart cities is how well they control their traffic flow within the town. All these additional enhancements of the transportation systems improves the overall traffic pattern flow within the city. With an increase in population, pollution, and traffic — economic problems
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability
Rapid Experiments are Key to Making AI Technology Buy vs Build Decisions
The good news is that there are a broad landscape of vendors today that can work with clients to deliver all or some of these capabilities, becoming their AI team or an extension of their AI team. Enterprises should view the decision, not as “build or buy,” but as “build and buy,” where
How to Get into Tech Without a Tech Background
If you look at the greatest recent tech companies there are plenty of newcomers that aren’t even considered tech, let alone, high tech. Uber and Airbnb, are less about tech and more about their concept. You can run a tech company without a tech background but find the best tech you can when
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2 Billion Downloads Later, Apple’s App Store is Still Going Strong
The App Store is obviously one of Apple’s most important assets in the mobile market. While Microsoft’s Zune HD, for example, is getting a lot of favorable reviews, the absence of an application ecosystem makes it a far less compelling product than Apple’s more expensive iPod
7 Business Killers — Thoughts Startups Ought to Consider
Criticism is a natural part of the business. If no one is criticizing your business, then you are not doing the business correctly. As a business start-up, much of what ultimately happens is out of your direct control. However, look around and see if you can see what others don’t and anticipate
Mobile’s New Power Couple: PWA and AMP | Anchors OK? Re-Assessing In-Page Links
Anchors OK? Re-Assessing In-Page Links
Another common pattern for in-page links displays the links in an area normally used for navigation. For instance, in-page links may appear as sticky navigation at the top of a page. However, we recommend against this placement. The biggest usability concern about in-page links is that they break
No More Pogo Sticking: Protect Users from Wasted Clicks
To get a better picture of how users interact with a routing page and with the pages it links to, the data must be narrowed to the session level and exclude paths where the user visited several pages before returning to the routing page or when the user spent substantial time engaging with the
Website Logo Placement for Maximum Brand Recall
A left-aligned logo is comfortable for users, but because it’s such a longstanding tradition, this standard is a tempting target to anyone wanting to appear unconventional. Violating this convention seems like an easy way of immediately distinguishing a design from its competitors, and standing
