The HEART framework was developed by Google and is a set of metrics that help organizations assess the quality of their user experience. The acronym HEART stands for Happiness, Engagement, Adoption, Retention, and Task success. Each of these five metrics represents a key aspect of user experience that can be measured and improved upon.
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LinkedIn Email Notifications are User Unfriendly
Like many people, I receive multiple LinkedIn direct messages a week, each with its own email notification, like the one below. I find it such a frustrating experience, especially in 2020.
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11 Tips to Improve Your Ecommerce Mobile Site Search
If you run an ecommerce website or app, it’s likely that 30-50% of your transactions involved your site search. That’s why it’s critical that your mobile site search is well optimized, both in terms of functionality and user experience. Read More
App Install Banners are a Usability Nightmare
If you live in Thailand, you will be familiar with CP Freshmart, one of the largest chains of convenience stores in the country.
If you visit their website on a mobile phone, you will see a pretty standard home page for ordering online:
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8 Easy UX Improvements to Make the Grab App More User Friendly
Grab is a mobile app, like Uber or Lyft, which you use to book a car or taxi to drive you somewhere. I use the Grab Android app everyday to take my kids to and from school. Overall, it has a good user experience, especially after a recent redesign. However, there are still a number of usability ‘niggles’ which I suggest how to solve below. Read More
Micro-interactions Improve the Chase Bank Online User Experience
I really like the way that the Chase bank website logo animates as you scroll down the page. It just goes to show that even stuffy, corporate websites like banks don’t have to be “boring.” Read More
Be Inspired By These Quotes On Creativity and Design
I really enjoyed reading through this collection of quotes on creativity and design. A selection of my favorites are below. My next goal is to start introducing them into my everyday working conversations. Read More
18 Fantastic Free Fonts to Make Your Web Designs Stand Out [Infographic]
Whether you’re looking to make your designs techier or more classy, this collection of free web fonts by Plato Web Design has something for every occasion, along with tips on how best to use them.
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Exploring Navigation Conventions Across Federal Reserve Bank Websites
The United States Federal Reserve banking system is broken up into 12 districts or regions, each of which is overseen by a regional bank. Don’t ask me how but I was recently looking at the websites for these banks.
As I did so, I started thinking about navigation design. I am always interested in the similarities and differences in the way that different people organize information that covers the same subject matter.
Whether it is the grouping of information on a home page or the ordering of links in a main navigation bar, it is fascinating to see what conventions are followed and (for better or worse) where these trends are ignored.
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Online Shopping Cart Usability Tips
This article from the Nielsen Norman Group on supporting user decision making in the ecommerce shopping cart has four useful tips for helping shoppers get to the check out stage. Read More