UX News
A look at what's going on in the field of user experience.
Keep making (AI will not save you)
, UX Collective - Medium
Why growing your conceptual abilities via sketching and idea generation will help you compete with AI and against AI.
ChatGPT Images for Product Designers
, UX Planet - Medium
3 Great Use-Cases for Product People
Product Research with AI
, UX Planet - Medium
Many people in the product community, including myself, actively share their experiences using AI tools to build products. However, far…
3 color contrast mistakes designers still make
, UX Collective - Medium
WCAG color contrast is more than just textMost designers know the basics of web accessibility and color contrast. We’ve memorized that “normal text” (24 CSS pixels and below) needs to meet a 4.5:1 contrast ratio with its background, and “large text” (greater than 24 CSS pixels) needs to meet a 3:1 ratio.
But WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) color contrast requirements don’t stop at text. There are lesser known WCAG success criteria (or “rules”) that are still very important for inclusive design; these ensure interfaces are usable to users with low vision or color blindness.
How Much Does Satisfaction Correlate with Ease?
, MeasuringU
Satisfaction is different than ease of use. But they are both attitudes.
We provided the conceptual foundation for what satisfaction is, how it differs from perceived ease of use, and how both can be collected at the overall product level (also called the study level) or at the task level. So, while we know they are conceptually distinct but related, as attitudes toward a product often are, how closely related are they?
Designing product delighters people remember and share
, UX Collective - Medium
Why moments like Spotify Wrapped get shared everywhere, and how products like Figma and Duolingo design small delights
Your users don’t need training. They need scaffolding.
, UX Collective - Medium
Get new users doing instead of learning
Design Audit with Google Gemini 3
, UX Planet - Medium
Gemini 3 Pro is a versatile AI model that can be used across a range of applications. Previously, I’ve demonstrated how it can help us…
Data-intensive apps for work don’t need to be UX-hostile and butt-ugly
, UX Planet - Medium
Why are data-intensive apps in the enterprise, healthcare, and public sector so unusable and scary-looking?
Proven design techniques such as user research, information architecture, design patterns, and plain language guidelines turn data-intensive apps into information to easily act on. You don’t need AI to do this.
What Are UX Research Deliverables?
, MeasuringU
As professionals, we’re judged on what we produce. So-called deliverables are the artifacts produced by researchers. But what are UX research deliverables?
Deliverables are almost always a digital record of inputs, outcomes, and recommendations in a document or presentation. But delivering documents and presentations fits the description of just about all knowledge worker output, so what is special about UX research deliverables?
