The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI ...

As designers, we are user advocates first and foremost. We need to understand what users want versus need before they ever encounter our designs. Once they do encounter it, they must first feel safe ...

Recently I wrote about the proliferation of dark patterns and tried to give readers a sense of just how widespread these practices are. But it is not just the pervasiveness of dark patterns that has ...

It happens to the best of us. After looking closely at a bank statement or cable bill, suddenly a small, unrecognizable charge appears. Fine print sleuthing soon provides the answer—somehow, you ...

"Let's start with the symptoms of this imminent death. "Symptom 1: Commoditization by templates "Most of the content that you see on the web today is run by some framework or service — WordPress, ...

Whenever an activity occurs in repetition, such as programming, patterns emerge and can be documented. The benefits of documenting and using software design patterns are well established, as are some ...

Ryan Boudreaux reviews the design principle of alignment with some samples and tools. Alignment is the third part of the series on “Effective design principles for web designers.” The first two ...

Viral web design trends play a huge role in today's digital world. They boost user interaction and look good, too, often making companies more visible online. But knowing how to use these trends in ...

The article that introduced responsive web design to the world was published by Ethan Marcotte just over five years ago. In the short timespan since, responsive web design has gone from an interesting ...