UX links roundup

Create interactive components with Figma, solve more problems with less, design scalable components, get nostalgic for fan noise and try out an advanced AI.

July 19, 2021

Articles & resources

The current state of homepage UX – 8 common pitfalls – Benchmarking 60 e-commerce homepages to find what works well and what doesn’t.

An introduction to Figma interactive components – This is cool. It’s now possible to create states and interactions directly in your components. Here’s how.

Collecting metrics during qualitative studies – Why reporting statistics like success rates in qualitative studies isn’t a good idea.

Our brain typically overlooks this brilliant problem-solving strategy – Why less is more when it comes to solving problems.

Growing (and shrinking) pains – Designing consistent, AA accessible components that can work at any screen size.

Access Guide – Friendly introduction to the WCAG accessibility standards, explaining the criteria in a much easier to understand format.

RTL.wtf – Everything you need to know about designing for right-to-left languages.

Cool tools

Figma Procreate Import – Import your Procreate files into Figma, complete with layers, blend modes and masks.

Clover – Flexible, collaborative visual workspace. Basically Notion and Miro in one app.

Remotion – Virtual office for hybrid office/home working.

FanFan – Revel in the nostalgia of fan noise with your M1 Mac.

Cool stuff

Video stylisation using machine learning – Applying the VQGAN+CLIP text to image process to video. This tech is hugely exciting and evolving fast – one of the main people behind it recently got hired by Adobe so expect to see it everywhere in a year or so.

GPT-J – Play with an advanced text generation AI (works best if you set top to 1 and temperature to 0.8, try reloading the page if you get an error). Here’s what it said when asked ‘What is good UX?’

Good UX is the foundation for any successful e-commerce website. As an interactive designer, learning about the basics of UX can provide invaluable insight into the general principles and styles which can elevate your work. However, there are a number of key areas when thinking about the overall experience of a web page. Building a successful user experience can be very challenging and involves considering such factors as website performance, user flow and page layouts.

The first part of this article will provide an overview of the field of UX and what it means to you as an author. Following that, we’ll dive into some of the terms you should understand to make effective use of tools, functions and features of the website. This list is by no means exhaustive, and if you have a specific question on how to create a user experience that works, let us know in the comments.

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