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Smashing Magazine

Ethical Considerations In UX Research: The Need For Training And Review

In this article, Victor Yocco discusses some areas of ethical consideration for UX practitioners when conducting UX research, and explores potential solutions to preventing research from venturing into unethical territory.

Victor Yocco | December 9, 2020

UXmatters

Discussion Guide Gaffes And How To Fix Them

In this edition of Discovery, we’ll take a closer look at the discussion guide — the main document you use to run your UX research sessions. Whether you’re conducting a usability evaluation or a one-on-one user interview to understand a specific domain, the discussion guide is more...

Michael Morgan | December 7, 2020

Nielsen Norman Group

UX Guidelines For Augmented-Reality Shopping Tools

Ecommerce AR tools are relatively new, so must be highly discoverable and easy to learn. Calibration issues run rampant, and users must dedicate focused attention to interact with this unfamiliar feature.

Aurora Harley | December 6, 2020

Smashing Magazine

Copy Docs: Make Your Microcopy Full And Consistent, And Maintain It

Copy docs is a framework that allows product designers and writers to manage their in-product copy in a smart way. In this article, Valeriia Panina shares her experience in how the copy docs technique turned out to be a game changer for her workflow.

Valeriia Panina | November 26, 2020

UXmatters

Book Review: Laws Of UX

In the early part of the 21st century, a strange and unexpected phenomenon has taken hold of the world. While, in the past, scientific methods, hypotheses, and falsifiable observations have led to theories upon which new knowledge could grow, we now see the opinions of individual people...

D. Ben Woods | November 23, 2020

sarasoueidan.com

"Yes or No?" — One Checkbox vs Two Radio Buttons

I’m currently working on a client project unlike any other I’ve worked on before. The project is basically us building a Web UI that will replace an old, outdated native Windows desktop application. (It looks worse than you probably...

Sara Soueidan | November 21, 2020

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