Scrolling, scanning, skipping: How do users consume content online? Here’s what you need to know about reading behavior and design strategies to prevent harmful scanning patterns. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns. We rarely read on the web. We mostly scan. That’s a reliable strategy to quickly find what we need in times […]

Should you hide or disable a feature? You’ve probably been there before. Here are some considerations for hiding versus disabling, along with possible alternatives to improve UX. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns. Both hiding and disabling features can be utterly confusing to users. And for both, we need very, very good reasons.