Category Archives: User Experience

UX Enhancements to Existing Products

By Matt Donahue | September 7, 2011

Recently, I rolled off a client project where we implemented an e-commerce platform with lots of customization to meet client needs. This brought to light the delicate balance between using the platform’s existing features and customizing the user experience to more effectively accommodate your users. You want to think that every out-of-the-box solution is going to provide an [...]

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The Use of Color in User Interfaces

By Krish Mandal | January 7, 2011

This article focuses on one aspect of the recommendations I made for a client, which saw its way into the final Design Recommendations document I left with them at the end: how the use or misuse of color affects user interfaces.

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HTML5 Live in NYC

By Matt Donahue | November 11, 2010

On Tuesday, November 9th, Krish Mandal, Eric Fitchett, Paul Hurlock and I attended an event in New York called HTML5 Live. My intentions going into this were to get a better understanding of HTML5, where it is now, and where it’s going.
I actually got more out of the conference than I had anticipated. I was [...]

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Agile User Experience Design

By Matt Donahue | September 1, 2010

Integrating Agile methodology and User Experience Design has long been a challenge. This diagram shows how the two can work in harmony with each other to produce profitable products that meet the demands of stakeholders.

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The UX Process

By Matt Donahue | September 1, 2010

This diagram shows the stages and deliverables of the User Experience Design process.

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Create an Animated Shine Effect with jQuery Part 1

By cdudley | January 23, 2009

jQuery is an amazing javascript framework that equips you with the tools to create beautiful effects extremely easily. While designing an add to cart notification for an online store I knew I needed to create something that caught the user’s eye to let him/her know that their product had been successfully added to their [...]

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On User Experience Design

By Krish Mandal | January 15, 2009

There are many people who believe that product design is a less important part of the things we build. They almost believe that it can be left as an afterthought. I’m sure most people have heard the phrase, “Lipstick on a chicken,” or as I post this soon after the ‘08 election season, the phrase, [...]

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