When we are designing apps or websites it is very important to know what you need before you start designing and building it, so you don’t waste a lot of time. UX is the User Experience design that designs the experience the user will have, from scratch. UX Designers always start with paper. They create… Continue reading Branding: app & web prototypes
Category: Web & App Design
Color guides
Sometimes when we describe your designs you just say: I will make it yellow or green. But what yellow? What green? As a designer you will need to remember than beauty is in the details, so choosing the right hue of a particular color is very important. Then, when describing your idea you need to… Continue reading Color guides
App Lab
App Lab is a programming environment where you can make simple apps. Design an app, code with blocks or JavaScript to make it work, then share your app in seconds. It uses block programming, like Scratch. Access it here. It looks like this: This is an introduction to the program:
UX Evaluation methods
There are different ways to evaluate the success of your website. Normally in this class the evaluation has turned into creating a survey and sending it out and collecting the responses, but before we do that we should think: is it the best way to evaluate my website? can I really learn anything by sending… Continue reading UX Evaluation methods
Fyrebox Quiz
Firebox is a simple online software to create a quiz that you can add to wix.
The Grid
Whether you work in web or print, you need to understand grid theory – even if you eschew grids. Here’s what you need to know. (This is an adapted version of this article.) Grids are like the invisible glue that holds a design together, so whether you work in print or on the web you… Continue reading The Grid
Eye-tracking
Eye-tracking studies have some findings that can help you when designing a website. Here. Takeaway #1: Put your most valuable content above the fold Not surprisingly, above-fold-content is looked at the most. This is where your most important content should go. Even though it’s the most important real estate on your page, this doesn’t mean… Continue reading Eye-tracking
Add a quiz to Wix
There are different ways to add a quiz to Wix. The simplest one is to add the quiz generator through wix. You can go here to overview the options. But if you prefer to create the quiz using Google Forms, this is the way to embed a google form on wix. Embedding a Google Form… Continue reading Add a quiz to Wix
Wix Tutorial
This is a simple wix tutorial that will give you an overall view in only 7 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtCc8FFhZ2M
Wirify
Wirify bookmarklet lets you to turn any webpage into a wireframe in one click. For example: