Dark vs Light UI, Y2K vs Brexit and TV Binge vs not-Binge... the battle of the odd yet interesting

Fuse news

How to create classes in the new Fuse Studio

In the v1.3 release, Fuse Studio will get a much-needed feature: the ability to create classes right inside the tool. Here’s a quick rundown of what it looks like and how to use it!

New Fuse example: Alternative Dropdown

In this example, we will create a button that serves as a good alternative to a dropdown. We noticed this clever approach in the MailChimp mobile app and decided to recreate it in Fuse. That little button, when clicked, simply cycles through a list of modes unlike a dropdown menu that you select things from.

News

Brand.ai is joining InVision

A leading platform for managing design systems, Brand.ai is one of the most widely used tools for in-house design systems management. Thousands of teams and leading Fortune 500 companies, including Verizon and Zendesk, use Brand.ai to create, maintain, and evolve their team’s design systems. Combining the best capabilities of the Brand.ai product with the power of the InVision platform, we’ve built InVision Design System Manager (DSM).

Design & UX

Dark or light UI: the ultimate UI design and prototyping question

What’s the best UI design? Dark or light UI? Take a look at how UI colors affect site conversion and the user experience

Why first impressions matter for UX

The user experience starts way before anything is read or clicked. It only takes 50ms for users to form a first impression of your website... This is why it's important to make sure that your design evokes emotions that match your product or service.

Best practices for designing cards

Cards bring look and usability into your design. Do it right to provide rich experience to your users.

Strategies for Thriving in Your First Product Design Role

Over the past year, I’ve been mentoring students on Designlab, an online bootcamp for new designers. During weekly 1:1 sessions, I help answer any questions that students have. One of the questions I get asked often: What should I know to succeed at my first design role?

Combining Graphical And Voice Interfaces For A Better User Experience

With the appearance of voice user interfaces, AI and chatbots, what is the future of graphical user interfaces (GUIs)? Don’t worry: Despite some dark predictions, GUIs will stay around for many years to come. Let me share my personal, humble predictions and introduce multi-modal interfaces as a more human way of communication between user and machine.

Development

Developers wish people would remember what a big deal the Y2K bug was

Jacob Rees-Mogg, an outspoken Conservative MP, sits firmly within the Brexit camp, and recently described the consequences of a no-deal exit scenario as being exaggerated “much like the millennium bug.” The complicated realities of Brexit aside, this remark has annoyed developers d’un certain age who remember the Y2K panic...

Workflow & Strategy

The iPad Pro as main computer for programming

In the summer of 2017, I wanted to know what it would be like to use an iPad Pro as my main computer. I found out that it can actually work, thanks to an iOS app called Blink, an SSH replacement called Mosh, iOS 11 and running stuff on a server. You can jump right to the TL;DR.

Why Isn’t Agile Working?

"It’s a sham! We changed the way we do everything. We brought in consultants. We hired these master project managers. And nothing worked! It made no difference. There’s no accountability. All I get is excuses!"

Inspiration

How refugee parents use Facebook and WhatsApp to teach kids new skills

The IRC has partnered with educational mobile platform Vroom to provide Syrian refugee parents with tools to turn everyday experiences into "brain building" moments with their kids. Through a pilot program launched earlier this year in Jordan and Lebanon, the IRC sends displaced Syrian families tips, techniques, and activities that can be accessed on mobile devices.

Geeking out

Sketching Interfaces

The time required to test an idea should be zero. This was the very first sentence I wrote when considering the Airbnb design tools team vision. We believe that, within the next few years, emerging technology will allow teams to design new products in an expressive and intuitive way, while simultaneously eliminating hurdles from the product development process.

Stranger Things season 2: to binge or not to binge?

Netflix will make all nine season 2 episodes available at once, which means ambitious or addicted subscribers can take a day off work and get caught up with the entire story in a single day. But should they?

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