When I was 16 years old, I wanted to design logos and websites. I had an eye for design, but lacked the practical skill to do it. So I ended up going into frontend development which was more technical. But most of the designers I worked with gave me complicated and inaccessible

UI/UX designers: do you think you should update the button label to ‘Please wait’ when clicked?. Some thoughts:. 1. Is it accessible to update a button’s label when clicked?.2. Updating the button’s label can cause a layout shift.3. If you add text outside the button, it might.

Me when a developer says:. “yep, we can do that, no problem”

Last week I posted this UI/UX tip:. Use sentence case over title case. One of the 59 comments read:. “Oh. My. God. We went round and round about this at a previous job. My coworker put together a 25+ page PDF about the pros and cons of each.”. Here’s the thing:. Tips like these

“It depends” – UI/UX designers. I don’t disagree that some design decisions depend on the situation. But I often here designers spewing “It depends” in reference to things where it does not in the slightest bit depend. Here’s 7 examples:. 1. Never disable the submit button.2.

Here’s where you can pick it up:. But just a heads up, to reflect the product quality, I’ll be increasing the price after the launch.

After 6 months of grind, Form Design Mastery 2.0 is finally available. What’s new?. 1. Most lessons have been refined and improved (and some removed). 2. New lesson on three laws of form design. 3. New deep dive on how to write labels. 4. The Form Design Mastery Cheatsheet has

Here’s the link to find out more about Form Design Mastery (launching tomorrow):.

3 timeless design principles if you want to create products that users love. → Principle 1: Nail the basics. Don’t try and come up with new patterns for the sake of it. Stick with simple interactions that work. For example, inputs with borders all the way around are good, no

I’ve watched 100s of usability tests. Here’s 3 ways to maximise the reliability of your findings:. 1) Ask the participant about their current situation. This eases the participant into the session and adds useful context to the next part. 2) Ask the participant to complete a.

Here’s John Saito’s article “Making the case for letter case”:. Enjoy.

UX tip:. Use sentence case for button labels. Title case capitalises ever word: This Is Title Case. Sentence case capitalises the first word: This is sentence case. Use sentence case because it’s:. → Friendlier.→ Easier to read.→ Easier to spot nouns. Will pop a link below

It’s not a hot take. Only bored designers/stakeholders like this sort of design. It is not user-centric in the slightest.

Status: writing launch emails for Form Design Mastery 2.0. Long shot but feel free to send me any ideas.

Here’s a link to jump on the waiting list:.

As mentioned I’m launching Form Design Mastery 2.0 in just 10 days.

Here’s the ASOS checkout flow. It uses accordions (which suck) but look at the second accordion. Well it’s not an accordion. It’s a drop down menu to change your country. I imagine it’s to save space. But what you gain in pixels (not much), you lose in usability. p.s. In 10

At least some devs are still doing the right thing eh.

Yesterday, Helen finished Form Design Mastery and sent this:. “I was wondering if you have a certification credential I can add to my LinkedIn as I’d love to show off that I did your course!”. “Bloody loved the course so thank you!”. Messages like this make my day. I love helping