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- UX links roundup – the best UX and design articles and tools from the last few weeks
UX links roundup – the best UX and design articles and tools from the last few weeks
Which research method to use when, how AI is being used by writers, down with happy talk, making accessibility fun, run Doom in Doom and grip necrobotically.
Articles
When to use which user-experience research methods – Good overview of research methods and the best times to use them.
The great fiction of AI – Fascinating article looking at how authors are incorporating AI tools such as GPT-3 into their creative process.
Where’s the fun in accessibility?– UX is not only about the way it works, but about delight, whimsy, wit, and beauty. How do we do this and still make it accessible?
Deconstructing e-Commerce search UX: the 8 most common search query types (42% of sites have issues) – Another excellent article from Baymard Institute.
Happy talk must die – A company once asked me if I was going on my ‘holibobs’ and I cancelled my subscription on the spot.
The difficulty of building simple products – Simple is hard.
Cool tools
ClipDrop for Figma – Suite of AI-powered image editing tools including in-painting, background removal and relighting now available as a Figma plugin.
Accessible Social – A collection of resources for making social media content accessible.
UXLift news – All the latest UX and design articles, updated daily.
Cool stuff
Can Doom run Doom? – Why yes it can.
Oblique Strategies for Gameboy – Get inspiration on your favourite handheld console.
Researchers turned dead spiders into literal claw machines – ‘Necrobotic grippers’ is a phrase I never want to hear again, thank you.