Infragistics Nominated for Prestigious IxDA Award Kevin Richardson, Ph.D. / Mon, Dec 5, 2016 As Infragistics’ user experience consulting group, the UX work that we do for our external clients doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves. While our efforts positively effect the working lives...
McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Oct 24, 2016 There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell – you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces...
The Usability of Self-Service Beer Jim Ross / Tue, Jun 14, 2016 I recently experienced a major failure in an interesting attempt at self-service automation – self-serve beer taps at a Milwaukee Brewers game. If self-serve beer would work anywhere, you’d think it would...
Mute On, Mute Off? Jim Ross / Sun, May 1, 2016 Sometimes I’m amazed when very simple usability problems are overlooked in an otherwise good design. Google Maps is a great mapping app, with one major exception – turning off the audio directions. As...
The Stroop Effect and its Implications in UX Design Darian O'Reilly / Mon, Feb 8, 2016 What happens when your brain is trying to process conflicting streams of information? Let’s find out. Read this list of colors to yourself: Red Green Blue Purple Black Brown Yellow Red...
The Power of Pumpkin Spice Darian O'Reilly / Thu, Sep 3, 2015 There are almost three weeks of summer left, all of the leaves are still on the trees and I’m already craving pumpkin. How has this traditionally Thanksgiving flavor taken over the third of the year between...
Are you a content hoarder? Darian O'Reilly / Fri, Aug 21, 2015 You built your site six years ago and in an effort to keep it current, you have been diligent about regularly adding new and relevant content. Great job, you are not only keeping your users engaged, you...
The Magic is in the Details: The Beauty of Well Designed Micro-interactions and the Horror of Badly Designed Ones Diane Spengel / Fri, Jul 31, 2015 What are microinteractions? Microinteractions are the tiny details of a process that create the flow from beginning to completion. Dan Saffler defines Microinteractions as single moments within a use...
UXify Bulgaria - Conference Videos Stefan Ivanov / Thu, Jul 23, 2015 For the second year in a row, in Bulgaria, we hosted UXify – a conference about usability and design in the month of June. We followed the steps of our US colleagues, who kicked 2015 off with UXify US...
Which is Better for Analysis, Spreadsheets or Affinity Diagrams? Part 2 Jim Ross / Mon, Mar 30, 2015 Which is a better method of analyzing user research and usability testing data, typing up your notes in a spreadsheet or creating an affinity diagram? In part 1 of this series, I discussed the advantages...