UX Lift links roundup – the best UX & design links from the last few weeks

Articles

A Manifesto by Christoph Niemann — 10 rules for drawing from the acclaimed illustrator (also works for design).

AI for UX: Getting Started – Use generative-AI tools to support and enhance your UX skills — not to replace them.

Experience threat modelling – How to run a workshop to think about all the ways a system can be misused and the problems they cause to the user experience.

7 bad UI design examples you can learn from – Real-life examples of what not to do.

6 ways to get more out of your order confirmation page – Supplemental components that can reduce friction and further engage the customer.

Cookie permissions 101 – Cookie permissions need to follow the law and strike the balance between respecting user privacy and being user-friendly.

Cool tools

Vectorpea – New web-based vector drawing tool from the creator of Photopea. Able to open and edit pretty much any file format including Illustrator, Sketch, Figma and Affinity.

Font.fish – A browser based tool for visualising and exploring thousands of fonts.

UX research briefing template – A template to help you think through your UX research needs.

Monaspace – New coding font family from Github. Includes language-specific ligatures and texture healing, a way to improve the kerning of monospaced fonts.

Cool stuff

Muted.io – A magical collection of interactive music theory tools & visual references to learn music online for free.

Needs more boom – Enter your favourite movie scene and have it rewritten as if by Michael Bay.

Internet Artifacts – A collection of some of Internet’s firsts, including the first spam email, first MP3, first website and more.

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