Tag: ui-design

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Working with a dynamic CMS as a UX designer

UX Design

Wondering what a CMS is? Here are the pros and cons of a CMS, how to use it, and how it simplifies UX design.

Ilma Andrade
Jan 30, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read
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Checkbox UI design: Best practices and examples

UX Design

The checkbox is one of the most common elements in UX design. Learn all about the feature, its states, and the types of selection.

Edward Chechique
Jan 26, 2024 ⋅ 4 min read
Cookie UX: How to ask users for their cookies

Cookie UX: How to ask users for their cookies

UX Design

How cookie banners are implemented can affect a user’s experience. Learn how to create a perfect, nonobtrusive cookie banner.

Chinwe Uzegbu
Jan 25, 2024 ⋅ 8 min read
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Minimalism in UI design: Form follows function forever

UX Design

Minimalism is the art of finding beauty in essentials, simplifying complex solutions, and focusing on essentials.

Olga Dmytryshyna
Jan 23, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
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Creating context menus for your app

UX Design

Discover the purpose of a context menu, the elements that comprise it, and some best practices for creating one.

Eric Chung
Jan 19, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
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Advanced UX search principles and best practices

UX Design

How can you give users more control over their search experience? Allow them to refine their queries via advanced search functionality.

Tiina Golub
Jan 17, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read
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Setting the stage: Designing settings screen UI

UX Design

Explore the various types of settings screens, and learn how to avoid the oh-so-common blunders designers tend to make.

Jenna Smith
Jan 12, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
Creating a Setup Wizard (and When You Shouldn't)

Creating a setup wizard (and when you shouldn’t)

UX Design

This comprehensive guide to understanding the wizard UI is your all-in-one resource for creating wizard UIs that are truly helpful.

Iwalola Sobowale
Jan 11, 2024 ⋅ 6 min read
UI Style Guide Template

Creating a UI style guide (+Figma template)

UX Design

Style guides are documents that record all the essential elements of your design: the choice of colors, fonts, typography, buttons, and more.

Pratik Joglekar
Jan 10, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
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A UX designer’s guide to 40 essential UI elements

UX Design

These 40 essential UI design elements can help you provide the best user experiences to visitors of your website or app.

Rosie Allabarton
Jan 5, 2024 ⋅ 10 min read
Every common UI menu icon and its use case

Every common UI menu icon and its use case

UX Design

In this article about UI navigation, we’ll break down every common menu icon and why they’re useful — hidden or not.

Angela Fabunan
Jan 4, 2024 ⋅ 7 min read
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Shadows in UI design: Tips and best practices

UX Design

Here’s an in-depth look at shadows, some techniques for executing them, and how to create them in Figma — with plugins.

Chinwike Maduabuchi
Jan 3, 2024 ⋅ 5 min read