10 guides that will help you design better products
They say February is a great month for listing your most popular posts, so here's a list of my most popular UX/UI guides.
Have fun!
1. The definite guide for writing and designing text in mobile apps
Text is an integral part of your design. Handle it wrong and your entire design will suffer.
Luckily for you I've collected 40 rules of thumb to help you overcome this challenge.
No, don't thank me - read it and share. Be a friend!
Link: 40 rules that will help you design your text like a pro.
Bonus link: 13 additional tips for improving your UX writing (with examples)
2. How to design data tables that don't suck
Every serious product has at least one big data table, and yet, too many B2B products fail to deliver decent user experience in their tables.
What's so special about this guide? Nothing. Besides the fact it's the best guide out there.
Link: 20 rules guide for creating user-friendly data tables and grids.
3. The all-in-one guide to high-converting CTA buttons
This one will help you tweak those buttons of yours until nobody can resist them.
Be careful, though, your servers might collapse after implementing some of those tips.
Link: 30 tips for designing high-converting call-to-action buttons.
4. Visually distorted - how to fix those weird UI hiccups
This post was never at the top of the page views, but it's my all time favorite, and has tons of value in it (to my totally subjective opinion).
Plus, it took me forever to create those mockups, so I might as well promote it some more.
Link: Visually distorted - when symmetrical UI looks all wrong
5. How to leverage friction for the success of your product
Friction is usually bad for business. Unless... it’s done intentionally...
This short guide includes 6 examples of how to use friction for the benefits of your product. It's an unusual guide with some new ideas for dealing with rare product challenges.
6. 20 Dark Patterns to avoid when designing products
The title of this guide says it all: it provides examples of 20 types of dark patterns that exist out there, but shouldn't be used by legit products.
Tons of visual examples in this guide and each one comes with a famous villain!
7. How to handle the on-screen keyboard like a pro
Hard to believe we had those virtual keyboards for 15 years and so many apps still fail in handling them properly. If you're in the mobile business - read this guide.
Link: 10 basic keyboard rules that any mobile app should comply with.
8. 84 cognitive biases that will help you design better-converting products
This is one of the most popular posts of this blog. It includes a crazy list of 84 cognitive biases that can be used to design better-converting products.
9. The host syndrome: what is it and how to avoid it in your product
imagine you walk into a hotel and the manager, the concierge, the chef, the masseuse, and the lifeguard are all jumping at you, asking you to check-in, make dinner reservations, sign your health statement, and collect your towels - simultaneously!
How would you feel? Exactly like getting all popups thrown at you exactly at the same time...
Link: Understanding the Host Syndrome in product management and how to avoid it.
10. A simple Midjourney guide
All your friends are creating cool images and you're still not on Discord?
Time to dive into it. This easy guide will get you started in minutes so you can create your own Thanos Terminator.
Link: Midjourney - the guide (for people that don't want to be left behind)
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That's it for this collection.
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