Thoughts, ideas and solutions on UX, web accessibility and design
Experience drag is a long-term build-up of poor UX design and management decisions that drag you back when you try to create great digital experiences. Simon Norris and Alex Metcalf explore the antidote.
In celebration of Digital Bristol Week, we are opening the doors of our Bristol office on the afternoon of Thursday 12 May for a special one-off UX surgery, open to all.
As a UX consultant I often find it difficult to avoid or ignore poor design, particularly in the digital world. One rather damp weekend back in August I was taken to the cinema to watch the Pixar film Inside Out. On arrival, none of the traditional ticket windows were manned leaving me in the hands of the self-service ticket machines. The resulting experience led me to conclude that the designer(s) failed to adhere to some of the most basic design principles, as I will now demonstrate.
'Viva La Digital: Digital First 2015 and beyond' is a glimpse into the future of strategic user experience.
In this paper, Simon Norris explores the benefits of embedding a Digital First philosophy into an organisation and the commercial effect that superior user experience can have on an organisation when applying digitally ecological thinking.
What do Facebook and Time.com have in common? Despite having very different purposes -the former a social media site and the latter a renowned magazine- both incorporated infinite scrolling in their designs. Find out why it may not be a good idea to incorporate this into your website.
Usability testing is a fundamental element of web design. By exploring the performance of a website, app or piece of software, issues that may impact brand experience can be limited and controlled.
This article is the second of a two-part series exploring design personas and digital profiling. Part one looked at exactly what design personas are, but I will now focus on the importance of digital audience profiling and segmentation, and how marketing personas or digital audience profiles can be used.
PART 2
We are living in a world that is becoming increasingly more digital, which has implications for everyone from both business to personal usage. Digital touches every part of our lives and this is why a new way of thinking is essential to ensure better design for the future.
Simon Norris, CEO of Nomensa, shares his views on the future of design and the importance of pushing the boundaries of possibility to shape experiences and interactions in a digital world.