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- UX Lift links roundup – 22-26 June
UX Lift links roundup – 22-26 June
Your latest UX & design links: How philosophy can make you a better designer, hello skeuomorphism, how the virus won and the ultimate scroll experience.
Articles
Why UX outcomes make better goals than business outcomes – Business outcomes are the easy path to achieving a business goal. However, they don’t necessarily end up with a better experience for our users.
Apple, Big Sur, and the rise of Neumorphism – Shadows are back! Time is a flat circle!
What every product designer needs to know about brand – Understanding brand is key to creating a successful outcome (and defining what success means in the first place).
Know thyself – Tools for designers to to apply in their everyday work to make more ethically aware decisions.
Evaluating page experience for a better web – Google are starting to use UX as a measure for ranking search results.
Inclusive Design – Microsoft’s principles and resources for inclusive design.
Is dark mode such a good idea? – It turns out dark mode might not be as good as we think.
Cool stuff
How the Virus Won – Impressive (and terrifying) data visualisation from the NYT.
Why this font is everywhere (video) – How Cooper Black became pop culture’s favourite font.
Elevator.js – Fixes those awkward "scroll to top" moments the old fashioned way.
Custom Shape Dividers – A free tool to make beautiful SVG shape dividers.
TitleRun – the game that only exists in your title bar