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

Best practices for checkouts, lead better workshops, debunk accessibility myths, create animated mockups in the browser and apps in Figma and intensify emojis.

November 30, 2021

The current state of checkout UX – 18 common pitfalls & best practices – Fantastic research from Baymard on the state-of-the-art in checkout design.

A11y myths – Quick cheatsheet debunking top accessibility misconceptions.

5 facilitation principles for both UX workshops and user tests – everyone benefits when facilitators are focused on goals, follow a meeting guide yet are open to improvisation, encourage participants to act, and don’t talk too much.

There is no digital world – Everything digital costs something physical, but there’s only so much physical stuff to go round.

The state of UX in 2022 – Interesting roundup of trends and challenges in UX for the for the next year.

Vinegar – Replaces YouTube’s annoying autoplaying widget with pure HTML5 embeds on iOS and macOS. Also blocks ads and brings back picture-in-picture.

Animockup – Create animated mockups and product teasers directly in Chrome.

Sizze – Design your app in Figma and export directly to React Native.

When the traffic firehose is pointed at you – How Facebook turned a drop-shipping scam into the biggest publisher in the world.

Intensifying Emoji Generator – For when a normal emoji isn’t intense enough.