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Are you looking to improve a website or app’s user experience? You might be overlooking microcopy.
Microcopy is short, contextual text that informs or guides users throughout your product. You can find it all over the place. On buttons, form field, success and error messages, and 404 pages. Learn how these small bits of copy can have a huge impact.
In this article, we cover:
- Implementing and designing microcopy.
- Examples of microcopy from different companies.
- Alleviating user concerns.
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In this article, we highlight a collection of beautiful web design portfolios from individual designers and creative studios worldwide. Click through for some serious inspiration.
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To ensure users don’t delete your app after the first use, you should teach them how to complete key tasks, making them want to come back for more. In other words, you need to successfully onboard and engage users during those first interactions. Nick Babich explains the do’s and don’ts of designing an onboarding flow for your mobile app.
In this article you will learn:
- What type of app needs an onboarding strategy.
- About visual hints, empty states, and other popular onboarding techniques.
- What to avoid when thinking about onboarding.
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Our experience and impression of a product are shaped by a combination of factors, with interaction playing a key role. In fact, interaction design and animation make a fundamental difference in modern mobile apps.
In this article, we consider the role of animation in mobile user interfaces, as well as its functions and usability. You'll learn:
- Why animation is important for mobile user experience.
- The difference between major types of animation, namely functional and delightful.
- Best practices and examples that demonstrate applications for various types of animation.
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A successful visual design does not take away from the content on a page. Instead, it enhances content by engaging users, and helps build trust and interest in the brand.
Visual design techniques, when used properly, are also able to create a more interesting, immersive, and remarkable user experience.
In this article, you will learn:
- How to create a duotone effect
- How to use hero images as a powerful tool to differentiate your client's product.
- The benefits of video content
- Best practices for applying illustrations
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It’s time to look ahead and predict how the web will evolve over the next 12 months. What trends should you be aware of, and how should you adapt your skills to stay ahead of the curve in web design and development in 2017?
In this article, you'll learn:
- What industry experts see for the coming year
- How micro-interactions, virtual reality, and design sprints will play out in 2017
- What resources you should be reading and watching
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