Google has always recommended responsive web design (RWD), especially after rolling out a big update on 4/21/15 which ranked mobile-friendly sites higher. It doesn’t specify in the update that you must use responsive design though, just that a site be accessible on mobile, with good UX and performance. With that in mind, let’s examine the
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Responsive Images – The Definitive Guide
Web design isn’t always cheap. But of all web design costs to the designer, we should first consider the user’s costs. Mobile users often pay for every byte they download (and upload) away from wifi. HTML and CSS files, while getting larger every year, aren’t as large as hefty JPG, PNGs and animated GIFs. Conscientious
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Basic Design Elements and the Principles of Design
Good design isn’t about many years of practice and thousands of hours spent in graphic editor tools. The beauty of this craft is that it’s accessible to all, given that they have a surface level understanding of its principles and the basic design elements. Luckily, hundreds of years of work with paintings and graphics have
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Button Design – Get Site Visitors to Actually Click Your Buttons
Buttons are essential components in any digital product. While there are many ways to design a button, designers must follow principles and best practices to create familiar and intuitive user experiences. Button design is more than choosing a shape and color. Designers must consider a button’s states, placement, size, responsiveness, consistency, icon usage, suitable text/labels,
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What Actually Constitutes Design Language?
Visual communication is exceptionally complicated. It’s diverse, boundless, and relentless. A design language establishes principles and constraints that induce the clarity, consistency, and cohesion necessary for designers to communicate with end users. Developing this design language is a time-consuming undertaking requiring feedback and collaboration from multiple departments and stakeholders. The final result will allow an
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7 Constraints in Design and How to Overcome Them
Whether you work in an early-stage startup or a multinational enterprise, design constraints limit or influence design projects and the desired output. Seasoned designers understand that true creativity often emerges when we confront and master the constraints that shape our work. In this blog post, we delve into the art of design constraints, a topic close
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UX Audit – All You Need to Know, Benefits, and Checklist
In today’s fast-paced tech industry, it’s challenging to maintain perfect design consistency, especially when you have multiple teams working on the same digital product! Periodic UX design audits allow designers to evaluate a product to identify continuity, consistency, accessibility, and usability issues. Reduce errors while increasing fidelity, functionality, and collaboration with UXPin’s code-based design tool.
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UI Design vs. UI Development – What’s the Difference?
There are many software and web development roles and responsibilities–from initial concept to design and delivery, QA, and lifecycle management. UI design and UI development are two crucial roles that impact how users engage and interact with a user interface. This article compares the practice of UI design vs. UI development, the people behind these
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How to Use Tailwind to Build Responsive UI Design
Tailwind provides a set of pre-designed and pre-built styles that you can apply directly to your HTML markup. Unlike traditional CSS frameworks, which often come with pre-defined components and styles, Tailwind focuses on providing low-level utility classes that you can combine to create custom UI designs. To start a project, front-end developers typically install it
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User Interface Elements Every Designer Should Know
UI elements are the most integral part of product design. They are the core building blocks for all products. As a UI designer or UI developer, it’s crucial to have a deep understanding of UI elements and how users interact with them. It will help you create a better application/website structure. Designers don’t usually draw
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How to Build a Sign-Up Page in Under 15 Minutes
Sign-up pages serve as the welcoming gateway for users eager to explore apps, websites, and other digital products. Whether it’s a social media network, e-commerce site, or a productivity tool, these pages grant access to whatever it is that you’re offering. They are the digital reception area where users take their first steps into getting
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GUI Database — Don’t Miss Those Steps When Designing Your Own UI
Web developers or database administrators, working with SQL databases streamline tasks such as querying the database, executing SQL code, generating reports, taking backups, and diagnosing application problems related to the database. Building a graphical user interface for your database can make database management easier. In this article, we explain how you can create a user-friendly
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What is a CRUD App?
A CRUD app is an application that performs the basic operations of Create, Read, Update, and Delete on data. That’s why it’s abbreviated into CRUD. The four operations represent the fundamental actions that can be performed on most database management systems and are essential for managing data within an application. CRUD operations are most commonly
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Calculator Design – How to Prototype a Functioning Calculator with a Design Tool
Calculators break down complex numerical problems into user-friendly solutions. This guide dives deep into calculator UI design, navigating its multifaceted dimensions, from types and fundamental principles to the nuances of mobile vs. desktop design. We also explore how designers can use React components in the design process to test complex calculator functionality. Key takeaways: How
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App Icon Design – 5 Amazing Ideas from Tech Companies
One of the most critical choices any app development company will make is the design of the app icon. Good icons are inviting and will increase interaction, while a bad design can slow down adoption and make users less likely to use it. Their first impression will be your app’s icon – it’s what they’ll
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