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In-context descriptions or hints can help clarify what goes inside each form field, and therefore improve completion and conversion rates. There are many ways to provide hints. A common implementation is by inserting instructions within form fields. Unfortunately, user testing continually shows that placeholders in form fields often hurt usability

Designing and developing a product often involves a large team of people with different backgrounds and experiences who must be on the same page about the project goals, the user needs and behaviors, and even the component processes involved. This common understanding is often built with visualizations (commonly referred to as mappings). Mappings

In-context descriptions or hints can help clarify what goes inside each form field, and therefore improve completion and conversion rates. There are many ways to provide hints. A common implementation is by inserting instructions within form fields. Unfortunately, user testing continually shows that placeholders in form fields often hurt usability

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

Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The

Melissa Hathaway came across our radar recently when President Obama tasked the former Bush administration aide with leading a 60-day review of Bush’s Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative; a largely classified, purported $30 billion, multi phase plan to address cybersecurity issues that Hathaway was involved in developing. The

Asynchronous ideation avoids the tricky scheduling issues that synchronous sessions suffer from. People can share their ideas whenever they have time. That means each teammate can work around their own scheduling conflicts and deadlines, while still being able to contribute. Asynchronous ideation can be particularly useful if your company has only

Ignoring ads is a learned behavior — like many other user behaviors on the web (classic examples include seeking the company logo in the upper left corner of the page, or looking for the global navigation across the top of the page). In our latest eyetracking study, we observed that some participants have learned to skip past the ad presented at

Ask your users to use a specific interactive feature in your system. Then ask them to fill out rating scales indicating how much their experience matched up to your brand attributes or emotions of interest (Likert scales or semantic differential scales might work equally well for this). You might also consider asking the participants to choose

Long dropdown lists are especially difficult for mobile users, particularly those on iOS. The iOS picker control (which is used for implementing dropdowns) occupies half the screen and displays only a few items at a time. If the list is long, users have to scroll many times before getting to values at the end of the list. In our studies, users

Tell people when certain channels are available, when to expect a response, and how long they will wait if they call, chat, or email. Most users expect an email or response to a form submission within 24 hours, and usually don’t want to wait longer than a few minutes on the phone or chat. When displaying availability timeframes, include specific

People don’t distinguish between online shopping and in-store shopping. To them, it’s all shopping. Their shopping experiences might be fully online, fully in-store, or a mix of the two. Customers may start shopping in a store, but make a final purchase from the same store’s ecommerce website. This behavior is called “showrooming”

Depending on the specific business needs, companies opt for moving to private, public or hybrid clouds. The majority of companies choose public clouds because they offer such benefits as pay-as-you-go scalability, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. However, if a company is concerned with moving sensitive data to the cloud, a hybrid cloud could

RegTech solutions can help automate the interpretation of regulations including identifying new regulations and allocating different compliance obligations to the responsible units across an organization. Moreover, as required by KYC regulations, client and legal person identification could become more efficient with the help of automated

The Ukrainian tech landscape is shaped by 5 major engineering centers: Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa. This is where most of the country’s talent pool resides. What drives the IT industry in Ukraine is the consolidated initiatives of the local IT clusters. They take a leading role in organizing conferences and workshops, setting up

Glow Baby: (Left) Tapping the X icon in a running-timer view dismissed the view without canceling the timer, and thus, allowed the user to continue using the app to log other types of events, participate in the community discussions, read articles, and so on. (Middle) The status for the running timer was displayed in a banner at the top of the

In our project, parallel design was 73 percent more expensive than iterative design. We still recommend parallel design because it achieves major usability improvements very fast. We don't know how usability would have improved if we had used iterative design and extended the iterative process. If we assume usability improvements of 18 percent per

Scrolling and “swiping” horizontally on the desktop is a different experience than on touchscreen tablets and mobile devices. This is one more example of why it is important to understand that people use mobile devices, tablets, and desktops differently, and why it’s beneficial to optimize design for different uses. Avoid breaking convention

2018 showed us an accelerated growth in cyber threat activities. Data breaches, attacks using malicious software and insider threats were among the most familiar forms of attack. Many well-known organizations suffered from these cybersecurity disasters and compromised data of millions of users. Exactis, a marketing and data aggregation firm

In addition to the security-in-depth strategy on their platform, GE Ventures is always on the lookout for startups that are advancing the industrial cybersecurity art. According to them, there are some very talented ones out there. Of course, IIoT is not an easy market to break into for startups. Industrial networks are different than enterprise

Internet Explorer allows toggling pop-up blockers just like Chrome and also sends a “Do Not Track” request to the site you visit and also to the third-party whose content is featured. Additionally, IE features a Tracking Protection which lets you subscribe to tracking protection list. This intimates the browser to prevent listed sites form

It’s no secret that China has the largest consumer market in the world with almost 1.4 billion people and rising. What some may not be aware of is that China will present what will be the greatest middle-class growth bump of any country since the United States beginning in the early 1950s. In fact, by 2022 over 76 percent of China’s

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

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 —

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

The press loves good data. However, if you are not careful in how you package your data while pitching to press, your efforts may be for nothing. Here are ten examples of how to use data to pitch press during COVID-19. Crafting your pitch — a skill that you need to master. You will want to pitch your data in a way that highlights fresh

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

One of our readers recently sent us a message complaining about the recent trend of “horrible menuless windows,” which he compared with cars where all dashboard functions were hidden in the glove-box compartment. His annoyance had been triggered by the new desktop version of Firefox that “copies the Chrome browser” and hides the menu

While most usability studies should rely more on behavior, methods that use self-reported information can still be quite useful to designers. For example, card sorting provides insights about users' mental model of an information space, and can help determine the best information architecture for your product, application, or

Thanksgiving is fast approaching in the US. So, in the holiday spirit, we’d like to take a moment to express appreciation for some of the designs that bring us joy. I know that sometimes we, UX professionals, can get a reputation as curmudgeons: always criticizing and pointing out flaws. However genuine our intent to improve an experience, the

In addition to all of the above, the Genesis Framework will be further upgraded for Gutenberg with the release of version 2.8 in Q1 2019. 2.8 will include built-in features that allow you to easily and efficiently style and control Gutenberg blocks as well as auto-load demo content, which can arm Genesis themes with content blocks and make them

Email marketing is still one of the most effective ways to get readers to take action, investigate a product, or change a behavior. The success of your email marketing, however, comes from your email list. If you need to generate more and better email leads, you need web design that specifically supports that goal. A smart and intuitive user

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