UX

Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design…

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Dan Knauss
Frederick O’Brien warns against disposable design — a combination of unpleasant UX that follows unhealthy design fads, broken links, and quick fixes. 🗑️ Websites should last for years, so think about what your site will look like in 2, 5,…

đź“ť Back in 2015, Helen Hou-SandĂ­…

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📝 Back in 2015, Helen Hou-Sandí created a small plugin. It allows users to add a revision note inside WordPress when they update a post. Now Helen has demonstrated how to adapt an old plugin to the block editor, using…

Laws of UX is a collection…

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Dan Knauss

Laws of UX is a collection of established maxims and principles from Jon Yablonski that designers should take to heart when building user interfaces. ⚖️

Paul Calvano notes that the Chrome…

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Paul Calvano notes that the Chrome UX Report (CrUX) shows that about 5% of global traffic has a 3G connection type, and he shows where its coming from. 🌍

Felix Arntz has a detailed post…

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Felix Arntz has a detailed post on CSS Custom Properties and how to use them to improve UX for both website visitors and content creators. Felix is "looking forward to seeing this feature being leveraged by WordPress themes more" as…

I found some of Andy Priestner…

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I found some of Andy Priestner thoughts as a UX consultant in the UK and former librarian insightful. Andy says the phrase "Ask for forgiveness, not permission!" translates into trying things out and seeing where they lead, but when it…

The State of UX in 2019…

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Brian Krogsgard

The State of UX in 2019 is a report that isolates nine important themes the "design industry is writing, talking, and thinking about." These are quite practical and challenging issues, like how to be more strategic at work with time…

đź“ť Some noteworthy items from the latest…

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📝 Some noteworthy items from the latest weekly WordPress developer meeting: WordPress 5.1 RC1 is already out with RC2 either "late this week or early next week." The final version is on target for 2/21. WordPress 5.1.1 will probably be released…

An improved Site Health Check plugin should…

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Brian Krogsgard

An improved Site Health Check plugin should be ready for WordPress 5.2, and there is a need for designers to help out, especially with some UX questions. This useful plugin displays all the relevant technical information about a WordPress installation and…

Jaime Sparr, Senior UX Designer at…

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Jaime Sparr, Senior UX Designer at Opendoor, lists a few ways you can improve your skills at giving good creative feedback about someone's product. The first is framing your feedback appropriately and asking open-ended questions that allow your teammates to…

Admin Columns Pro has released version…

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Brian Krogsgard

Admin Columns Pro has released version 4 of their tool to improve the, well, admin columns of the WordPress backend. I use the free version of this plugin on Post Status and it’s very handy for doing the kind of…
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