Abstract This article discusses Headless architecture for eCommerce systems. Digging into the demand for this type of structure in the modern IT world, the negative points of a more traditional platform will be analysed from both the developer’s … Read more
User Experience
Top 7 QA Testing Best Practices to Ensure Overall Software Quality
What Is QA Testing? QA is an abbreviation for Quality Assurance. It is a systematic process designed to check if a product or service meets the required standards; these could be international standards - such as the ISO 9000. Companies use QA … Read more
How to Deploy Faster and More Precise UI Tests
After creating a great UI design, you need to see how functional it is for the end-user. Say you want to test a new fax over IP feature. You can use an automated UI test to assess how the feature works for end-users. Automated UI testing is the … Read more
Draw a Search: Implementing Polygon-based Searches on Maps
If you take a look at mobile apps listing houses for sale, there are many that allow you to search within a map by drawing a shape around the area you are interested in. While such a feature allows users to customise their searches quickly and … Read more
Inclusive Design and the Value of Emerging Tech in UX
Table Of ContentsInvolve a diverse range of end-users in your Design, testing and marketingGo beyond a checklist of accessibility traits Don't assume the desires of your end-users are limited to accessibilityOut of the box collaborations make … Read more
Why you should care about inclusive design
An inclusive type of approach creates better solutions, because it aims to benefit all users, therefore also those who must cope with disabilities. Thinking in terms of accessibility throughout the entire process enables the creation of solutions for … Read more
Conversational AI Is the New UX
Table Of ContentsTargeting the Internet of ThingsForget the past: you need a new mindsetAPI-based multi-channel AI solutionsTalking to the user The use of chatbots is a fast-growing trend that meets the needs of all stakeholders. According to … Read more
CTOs and CXOs Talk About Performing Teams and Delivering Value
Table Of ContentsHow would you describe value? What does it mean to your team?How to measure value?What is your secret sauce for judging different priorities while achieving the best outcome? Engineering Leadership is hard. And as leaders … Read more
Design Tokens and Cross Platform Coherence – Part 3
Design Tokens In the previous issue of this series of articles dedicated to "Style Dictionary" we have seen the ways in which token designs are managed and stored. The implicit use of the CTI structure (Category / Type / Item) still allows to … Read more
Design Tokens and Cross Platform Coherence – Part 2
Design tokens bridge the gap between design and development, allowing teams to keep together indivisible pieces of an interface like colors, font-sizes, spaces, animations. Follow this 3-issue mini serie about design tokens and Danny Banks speech at … Read more
Voice-based situational design, where context is king
According to the software giants, voice-based UI and conversational AI represent the next-gen computing interface. After decades of lower-level approaches, including character-based, graphical, Web, and mobile interfaces, it's time to use … Read more
Design Tokens and Cross Platform Coherence – Part 1
You did it! You have exceeded one million users and your team has grown. Now there are enough teammates to directly and dedicatedly pursue the development of the web platform, smartphone and tablet apps, and smart TV apps, but also to reorganise the … Read more
Nobody puts UX in the corner
It takes great coding skills and deep UX expertise to build a successful product. So why give non-specialists a task done by specialists? Let’s discover what UX people really do (no, not drawings) and how their work can push forward all the … Read more
Which research techniques and UX designs are most suitable for startups
Hello Giuseppe, first of all… tell us something about yourself! Hi, I'm Giuseppe Sorrentino, at the moment I work as Scram Master at others.com in the Rome office, that means that I deal with the Agile process management of two development teams. … Read more
What does UX mean for patient care at Philips Healthcare?
If you’re waiting for a diagnosis or recovering from an operation, a UX designer is probably the last person you would expect to need. But, as Heleen Engelen of Philips Healthcare explained in her talk at Codemotion Amsterdam 2019, teams of … Read more
UX: designing enterprise applications. Tina Rauschenbach and Janina Schulyk.
Often it is the non-technical talks at conferences that provide the most fascinating insights into the IT industry. We can get so bogged down in the details that we fail to step back and see the whole picture. SAP senior user experience design … Read more
Emanuela Damiani: The Lady that UX
Emanuela Damiani is a Designer, who spends every day working for the best browser experience at Firefox: Emanuela has been living in Berlin for 5 years, where, among other things, she is one of the organisers of the Ladies that UX meetup. … Read more