In iOS, applications can provide shortcuts to Siri that enable users to perform certain frequent tasks or tasks that are appropriate at certain moments of time and in certain locations. For example, upon noticing frequent payments to a certain person, the PayPal app can suggest a shortcut that
Choosing the right content-management model for your intranet and organization depends on a variety of factors, including the size of your organization, the goals of your intranet (is it a platform to connect employees across distributed offices or is it meant to support productivity, benefits, and
For example, one user on LogMeIn.com formed a very positive opinion of the organization after reading content in its corporate-social-responsibility section. Phrases such as “positively affects change in the world and improves people’s lives,” and “unlocks the potential of its people
You should also meticulously plan any followup questions. These can include quantitative questions, in which participants rate the subjective difficulty or satisfaction of an activity. Or you may ask open-ended questions which prompt users to describe specific parts of the experience. Carefully
Once you’ve done your analysis (and presumably found that the trial effect was significant), consider the big picture: What is the slope of your learning curve? Less-learnable interfaces have relatively small drops in the curve and take many trials to reach a point of saturation. Alternatively
Even though people often rely on external mapping tools when they search directly for a certain location, store locators are still a useful website feature: they support users who are already on the site, engaged in a task that may have a location component — such as shopping or researching for items that they may want to purchase in store
If radical changes (such as layoffs, moves, combining teams) occur, human beings need to have an outlet to discuss them. The benefit of encouraging discussions in a public forum on the intranet means that all questions can be asked and answered once, in one place. People who staff this forum can be trained about how to best answer questions and
In their definition of user experience, Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen claim that “the first requirement for an exemplary user experience is to meet the exact needs of the customer, without fuss or bother.” Brands that choose to address an unmet user need at the core of their business are regularly disrupting industries by focusing on UX and
10 Best Application UIs
But Xero might be a more interesting example, simply because it targets the traditionally dry domain of accounting. One of its main features lets users automatically reconcile bookkeeping entries with bank account transactions. As a match is made, the 2 matching entries are removed from the list of stuff to be reconciled. Users compared this
Radio Buttons: Always Select One?
In traditional application design, the first radio button in the list was always selected by default. But the unbridled world of website design challenged this practice, making it fairly common to have no radio button selected by default. Today’s websites, forms, and applications inconsistently select one or leave all radio buttons blank by
Generic Commands
Currently, the only generic Web commands that truly work are those in browsers rather than on individual sites. Examples include Back, Forward, and Print. In the latter case, it would be much more useful if the generic Print button subsumed a page's Printer-friendly version feature; clicking Print should print a printer-friendly view, not the view
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
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A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
A 60-Second Trailer of the 60-Day Report on Cybersecurity
She explained that the original design of the Internet was driven more by considerations of interoperability rather than security, and as a result we are now faced with almost insurmountable issues. Some examples include online criminals who steal our information, mass bandits who have the ability to damage portions of our internal infrastructure
Mobile Navigation: Image Grids or Text Lists?
Compare the Men's Footwear page on the Sports Authority mobile website to the one on Dick's Sporting Goods: to review all the available subcategories, a user would have to scroll through 4 screen lengths of options on the Sports Authority page, as opposed to the 1 scroll needed on Dick's Sporting Goods. To make matters worse, all the users in my
Tools for Unmoderated Usability Testing
The diagram above indicates several unmoderated-testing tools which combine both types of data collection. The features listed for these tools are quite similar, so it can be difficult to distinguish between tools by reading their descriptions. Despite these surface similarities, there are important differences between these services, which are
What B2B Designers Can Learn from B2C About Building Trust
As mentioned above, B2B consumers often have switching costs to consider in addition to the product’s price. While these costs are inevitable, B2B teams can ease that concern by promoting services or offers that directly reduce the financial and interaction costs of switching (for example, covering termination fees or offering migration
StudioPress Theme Spotlight: New Breakthrough Pro
As we continue to showcase a sample of the amazing StudioPress themes now available to WP Engine customers, we’re extra excited to bring you this new StudioPress Theme: Breakthrough Pro, which is the first new theme to be launched since our acquisition of StudioPress in June. Breakthrough Pro was built with today’s creative, digital agency
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WP Engine Participates in the Day of Understanding
Diversity has long been an important topic for WP Engine. CEO Heather Brunner often says “diversity attracts diversity.” This means that as a company naturally attracts and retains diverse talent, that diversity is sustained from the inside by employee referrals. Ultimately, the customer values and respects that the team they are
Bringing Array Themes into the WP Engine Family
When it comes to WordPress themes, there’s a crowded marketplace out there that can often feel difficult to navigate. Yet, at the end of the day, all site owners want to have is a stunning, functional website and an easy path to get there. Sifting through the thousands of themes in existence today is a daunting task, and finding the right one for
Svitlana Sych, Head of Recruitment at N-iX, talks about how to attract the best software engineers in Ukraine
Also, the company has a special entrepreneurial company culture and employees here enjoy the spirit of freedom and proactivity. Every employee is encouraged to push forward their ideas and drive initiatives. At the same time, they take ownership and responsibility for their implementation. Our people are always ready to speak up, try new
How to Choose the Best Hadoop Developers for a Big Data Project
Hadoop developers are leading the way for a significant amount of big data solutions, which makes them a valued asset on the global tech market. The majority of Hadoop engineers are involved in large-scale projects where they are responsible for planning and designing next-generation big-data systems or developing complex Hadoop applications. This
Tech Companies that Outsource Microservices Development to Ukraine
Many Ukrainian software developers have enough experience and engineering skills to deliver the most complex projects involving cutting-edge technologies such as microservices. Tech companies from across the globe partner with Ukrainian outsourcing vendors to rebuild their legacy solutions based on the monolith architecture, develop new software
Which UX Deliverables Are Most Commonly Created and Shared?
UX work happens in many different contexts, from very lean startups that employ Agile methodologies and embrace little documentation, to consulting engagements for third-party clients, all the way to large corporate or government environments with strict process and documentation requirements. What unites these very different work environments is
The Role of Enhancement in Web Design
Occasionally, users can be familiar with a gesture but may have trouble performing it accurately. For example, scrolling down using a vertical scrollbar is a feature most adults are familiar with; however, keeping the mouse within that narrow bar is not an easy motor feat. As a result, most modern interfaces support other ways of scrolling down
Troubleshooting Group Ideation: 10 Fixes for More and Better UX Ideas
With looming deadlines, email notifications, and text messages competing for attention, it can be hard to keep everyone in the session focused on ideation. Even when teammates manage to stay on task, their engagement in the session can be diminished by the stress of other priorities waiting at their desk. And then it’s still easy for the group
Is more IoT driving more cyber attacks?
Thanks to the IoT technology, we can remote control those connected cameras. Even if we are not home, we still can access these devices and check our properties. However, just because we are using those connected cameras and devices, if we do not do a good job in terms of security, such as utilizing weak passwords, or even no pin, criminals could
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In Mark Zuckerberg We Trust? The State and Future of Facebook, User Data, Cambridge Analytica, Fake News, Elections, Russia and You
Moving forward, Facebook isn’t as worried about data breaches as it is about user manipulation and psyops. According to Mark, users are more likely susceptible to “social engineering” threats over hacking and break-ins. Social engineering is the use of centralized planning and coordinated efforts to manipulate individuals to divulge
Data Privacy Attitudes and Connected Cars: A Deeper Look
Demand for apps and services is still red hot even as consumers’ data privacy concerns have gotten warmer. This is borne out by our findings with respect to connected car data: Approximately 80% of those connected car owners and new car buyers who expressed interest in new services based on connected car data (including real-time alerts of
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Incorporating Smart Technology In Design Can Add More Value to Cities
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Smart cities can add value not just through money saved by efficient operations but also through the added benefits for citizens and local businesses by adding great design. Let’s change the design — and build a city. The key to building truly “smart” and efficient cities of the future is improving not just infrastructure —
Coworking spaces and IoT — what could possibly go wrong?
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It also lets coworking spaces integrate all of their systems to provide greater automation and efficiency. This has a knock on effect for coworking members, as Hersowitz explains: “The platform also allows for automation, which can increase the revenue for coworking spaces by allowing them to offer services like 24/7 meeting room access (as
Images of Fitbit next smartwatch reveal heart-rate improvements
Fitbit is on schedule, as its boss James Park keeps reminding us, to launch its next smartwatch by the end of the year. We don’t know what the smartwatch will be called, though Blaze 2 seems likely, but thanks to leaks we know its design and some of the hardware improvements. Images obtained by Wareable show a similar large display design to the
Tips for Aspiring CEOs from People Hacker, Dr. Mark Goulston
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In this episode of the How To CEO podcast, I was privileged to speak with sought-after leadership expert Dr. Mark Goulston. Whenever I talk to Mark, I always gain a world of insight and inspiration all within a few short minutes. This podcast episode was no exception. Here are the tips for aspiring CEO’s from People Hacker, Dr. Mark Goulston
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How to Use Cornerstone Content to Kick-start Automatic-SEO?
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However there is a considerably difference in pillar content and cornerstone content. Cornerstone content is a blog that has information updated in it on a regular basis. While a pillar content is a blog that has content which is written only once. Here is where everyone gets confused between the two. To give you an example I write a blog on
Meural Acquired by NETGEAR – Confirmed
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Meural, the digital art platform we love and have in our office displaying beautiful art was just acquired by NETGEAR. This was just announced at NETGEAR’s Analyst Day. Meural started in 2014 by Jerry Hu and Vladimir Vukicevic. They has since raised $9.4 million over four rounds of funding from NETGEAR, Corigin Ventures, Bolt, Bryan
Aspects of Design Quality
Note that a perfect score wouldn't indicate a site with perfect usability. A score of 100% would simply indicate that the site got full marks with respect to the current state of the art in all the usability aspects we evaluated. In actuality, the highest-scoring site in our study got a rating of only 77%, showing how far voter sites have to go
Beyond Blue Links: Making Clickable Elements Recognizable
Navigating the web is a means to an end and every click counts. Users need to know which areas of the page are plain static content, and which areas are clickable (or tappable). Make clickable elements obvious to users so they don’t need to ponder the meaning of design elements or encounter nasty surprises when something doesn’t work as
Video Usability
When you embed content that is hosted by another site or service, aim to control what, if anything, the site feeds to users at the end of your video content. Make sure that users are not presented with inappropriate videos or with a list of your competitors’ videos at the end of your video. Some sites and services have options for embedding
WP Engine's London Office Recognised as a Great Place to Work
During a month where many are focused on resolutions around wellbeing and professional and personal growth, we are proud to announce that WP Engine was recognised as a centre for Excellence in Wellbeing by Great Place to Work! To calculate wellbeing, employees completed a survey that analysed for the six dimensions of wellbeing in the workplace
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An Informative Guide for Migrating to WP Engine from Adobe Business Catalyst
WP Engine is committed to making the transition from Adobe Business Catalyst to WordPress and WP Engine as easy as possible. However, the migration process between the two CMSs is complex. There are two primary reasons for this. First, because of the way data is structured in each CMS, it isn’t possible to move that data between the two
WP Engine Sales and Customer Service Teams Recognized at The Stevie Awards
The Stevie Awards are a set of hundreds of business awards given annually by the American Business Awards organization. They were created in 2002 to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards are given to companies who exhibit excellence in the following