Vitaly Friedman has spent a lot of time working with various companies trying out various approaches and studying them in usability tests. This series of articles is a summary of observations and experiments made throughout that time. He’ll be exploring everything from carousels to car configurators. Let’s look into the design of date and time pickers today. […]
In this article, Vitaly Friedman will look into the fine details of designing better slider controls for selecting a value or a range of values. A slider is helpful because it allows users to explore a wide range of options quickly. The main point of interaction with the slider is to display options quickly. This
When designed properly, Feature comparison can aid in decision-making way beyond placing product specifications side by side. They can also add meaning to an otherwise too technical product specification sheet, explaining why a certain feature is relevant to the customer or how a certain product is better than the others. In this article Vitaly Friedman will look into all
Offboarding is something users come into contact with every time they complete an online transaction. It is usually described as the interaction between a company and their customer at the end of the customer journey. Whether a user is permanently ending their relationship with a company, or they are just finishing a single transaction, offboarding
How would you design a responsive car configurator? How would you deal with accessibility, navigation, real-time previews, interaction and performance? Let’s figure it out. In this article, Vitaly Friedman dives deep into the dos and don’ts of designing a perfect configurator. As designers, we might try to make our configurators advanced and sophisticated, but too
A selection of some of the best Smashing Magazine articles related to content strategy and storytelling. Here you will find posts featuring some of the best articles related to content strategy and storytelling which have been published on Smashing Magazine over all the years. Quick Overview Stories have defined our world. They have been with
A selection of some of the best Smashing Magazine articles related to design trends from artists from different countries. Here is hand-picked selection of the most popular Smashing Magazine’s articles featuring the design trends and artists from the different countries of the world. The paradigm shift—wrought by the personal computer, Postscript and desktop publishing—should have
A selection of some of the best Smashing Magazine articles related the designer’s professional workflow and organization and published here over all the years. This overview features a hand-picked and organized selection of the most useful and popular Smashing Magazine’s articles related to the designer’s professional workflow and organization and published here over all the
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A selection of some of the best Smashing Magazine articles related to Web form design and published here over all the years. This overview features a hand-picked and organized selection of the most useful and popular Smashing Magazine’s articles related to Web form design and published here over all the years. Quick Overview Useful Ideas
