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A Bi-Weekly Update from the ITS UX Team
Best Practices for Onboarding
Getting people to sign up for the product is hard. It requires a lot of time, energy, and money, yet many products are losing most of those hard-won users immediately after their first-time experience.
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Best Practices for Onboarding
Businesses invest so much resources in acquiring new users and they lose majority of them immediately after their very first try. You definitely don’t want your company be one of them. But how can you do better?
Onboarding is a human resources term that was borrowed by UX designers as a way of making the first-time users start using the app. Well-designed onboarding experience increase the likelihood that first-time users become full-time user after adopting your product. There are a number of considerations when you are designing your onboarding to define how best to get your users familiar with your product and its value.
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Effective Writing For Your UI: Things to Avoid
Clear, accurate, and concise text makes interfaces more usable and builds trust. UX writing is essential part of UX design.
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Effective Writing For Your UI: Things to Avoid
Text in your app should complement your visual UI-it should be plain, concise, and efficient. Users of all groups should be able to understand the meaning of the text and interact with an app efficiently.
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Optimizing the Usability of Online Forms
Forms are the gatekeepers of the internet. They are often filled out as a starting point for one’s journey – such as signing up for an account. They are also filled out in order to get to one’s account – such as login forms. Do you ever wonder that when you compose a tweet or email you are technically filling out a form? They are everywhere and they are underrated. Form optimization is key when you want to improve conversions.
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Optimizing the Usability of Online Forms
Your form should be mobile-friendly; make sure it works fine on a smartphone or a tablet. Additionally, consider using a social network sign up. It can be a great and super-easy way to increase conversions – most people use social networks so its easy to click a button to sign up.
It’s important to have a clear reason for users to complete a form. Remind your users of the value or benefit they will receive for successfully completing your form. Login pages should clearly state you are there to log in, and signing up for an eBook via newsletter should be obvious, too.
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Make These Changes to Meet Web Design Accessibility Standards
Accessibility is a key function of any web design or app strategy. Design is a crucial component of any website or app, all too often we see organizations get carried away with the aesthetics and see accessibility as a small focus, when in fact, there are a lot of features that need to be considered!
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Make These Changes to Meet Web Design Accessibility Standards
Accessibility is the design of products, devices, or services that can be used by as many people as possible. This includes those with disabilities, such as impaired vision, motor difficulties, learning difficulties, or deafness.
This means much more than simplifying the design. Creating a platform that is accessible means considering all aspects and ensuring that your brand is adaptable to those who need it. Making all functions including your content, design, navigation, and layout flexible is key in creating an accessible platform.
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The Application of Cognitive Psychology to User-Interface Design
Cognitive Psychology is what prompts us to like or dislike something. It even plays a role in user-interface design. User-friendly designs are more appealing and give a commendable user-experience. However, one needs to understand the relationship between the two thoroughly.
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The Application of Cognitive Psychology to User-Interface Design
A sub-discipline of psychology explaining the internal mental process of human beings is cognitive psychology. Various researches under this domain have been done so far. Each of them focuses on the way people take routine things, process it, and form perception. The role of external stimuli in this perception has also been studied.
It is imperative to understand the real focus of cognitive psychology. Rather than just focusing on the human soul, it keeps the prime focus on the brain. This shows that medical facts based on scientific research are an important part of cognitive psychology.Read Full Article