Comment by Izquierdo on Advice on personal portfolio landing page
Advice from a hiring manager - the #1 thing that will make it stand out is if you've solved a problem in the industry I work in. Make sure that's not buried too deep.
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Alignment vs. consistency in button space
@Danielillo The buttons break alignment in order to be consistently padded on all four sides.
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Will a Global Design System improve accessibility of...
Could absolutely see AI doing it all... design system, and the sites that consume it...
View ArticleIs there a name for this flow with deliberately missing information?
This seems like a fairly common flow, but I'm not sure I've ever heard of what it's called:A user has to enter some basic, mandatory information in order to establish a record in the systemBut, in...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Why aren't modal dialogs resizable or movable?
Panels in general can pop up over a screen and be moved or resized, but the purpose of the modal as you're describing it is to force the user to focus on the task. The system needs the task to be...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How do I write good alt text for a comic?
Thank you for making your comics accessible, and for caring about how users with vision impediments might engage with them.I would suggest, if you are really inclined to make these accessible, to...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How to organize duplicated buttons on different sections
Don't repeat the buttons.I see a little bit of content behind your filter panel, which means it's a popover vs. a fixed panel off to the side. So you'll want to allow your users to clear each filter...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Neutrals in web design and how to pick them
A pretty standard model at the moment is to do something like Material's color scale system, where you pick a primary, secondary, and neutral color, and then make gradations that you'd assign a number...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How should I group the users into Personas?
Demographic attributes in personas are important for building empathy for the user, and in helping your teammates remember them (Nielsen Norman Group). However, they're typically not the best...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Is there any study to support gender neutrality in...
There are a number of articles on Google Scholar that discuss gender and iconography. Skimming the abstracts, it would appear that scientists have tested icons for gender, and each gender has more...
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Browse and select from a list at the same time
We're looking for a way to cut down on pogosticking - users popping back and forth between a summary view and various detail views. One pattern we're experimenting with is pager arrows, for when users...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Is this a good login/register flow?
I don't think a "Continue" button is the worst offense in this flow - a lot of authentication screens keep their next step vague, and use "Continue" or "Next". I think the main problem is that when the...
View ArticleHow to test unwillingness to perform an action
Let's say that it's crystal-clear what the user needs to do next and we don't need to test whether or not the user is struggling with finding the action to perform.Rather, they're seeing the action,...
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Are AI-generated newscasters an example of skeuomorphism?
Channel1.ai generates authentic-looking "newscasters" to deliver stories. None of the newscasters are real people, but they look and act like real newscasters.This is not an embedded video, just a...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Combining instant filtering with an 'Apply Filters'...
It seems that combining live and not-live filters together breaks the consistency and standards heuristic. It might also break the "show system status" heuristic - since users are getting instant...
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Answer by Izquierdo for How do I handle white space in cards with varying...
Consistency is an important UX heuristic, and it helps lend visual harmony to a set of similar objects.It's helpful to ask: What's the job each of these cards? It seems like you want to be able to...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Open an app within an app
It sounds like your client is under the impression that apps behave like websites. You could explore:Does the user need to download both apps? Yuck. Going to guess there are a lot of competing products...
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Answer by Izquierdo for Push notification when app is killed by the user?
Because your users are performing an action that could have potentially dangerous consequences, waiting until the app is closed and sending a push notification might be too late. I think, if possible,...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Do "rage clicks" on navigation that is supposed to be...
Hopefully, the tool you're using that identifies rage clicks also has session playback. I think your next step is to watch 10-20 playbacks of that particular area and see how quickly the clicks are...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Better distribution of information on subpages...
Should the general population be able to find and interact with this subsite, or is it really just for one customer?
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Stateful Call to Actions
That's correct, the button becomes replaced by a statement. The user can't do anything except reach out for support.
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Open Exported File or Open the Folder where it was...
If you open the .tsv file for editing, can the user save changes that go into effect immediately, or do they have to import the edited file?
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Answer by Izquierdo for Newsletter checkbox with social sign on
Small, non-interruptive popups are great for subscriptions even if people don't enter your signup flow. I think you should keep that on your site regardless of how it's performing vs. signup...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Open Exported File or Open the Folder where it was...
My initial sense was to open the file and let the user start working on it, treating it like an editable table, but that implies that changes to the data will be made in real time, and that's not the...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on mobile app usability - UX design
What task is your user trying to accomplish using a mobile device? Do they absolutely need all of this information? Take a look at what you might be able to streamline for your mobile users.
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Designing a table with a lot of numbers, how do I...
A big problem with the current layout is that you're using color and only color to convey information, which isn't accessible to people with colorblindness.I would recommend you take a step back and...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Searching a data list from an uploaded CSV
Agree with @moot - the user intention is to email everyone in the CSV file, it doesn't seem like having them be a subset of the existing system is important.
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for UX concerns with showing dynamic tips/fun facts/"Did...
Showing tips and fun facts can be good UX - distraction makes loading times seem shorter, users like learning things in a way that doesn't interrupt their tasks, and it can make the loading experience...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Show ON status as bad for a feature with the Red...
My quick suggestions - use a WARNING icon (triangle with exclamation point) and make everything on the line red (switch name).
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Good UX in modal after submitting
What usually happens after a primary action takes place in a modal is that the modal window closes and the user receives a toast or other message confirming the success of the action. Is there a reason...
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Does show/hide functionality belong in disabled fields?
I'm working on a masking pattern for our text input fields. Show/hide would look like this:I'm not sure if we should provide show/hide if the input is disabled.Right now in the disabled state, we'd be...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Is a loader useful in a complex multi-step...
Have you ever personally appreciated the work being put into an authentication process? Or do you just want to log in as quickly as possible?
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on Best UX for Item selection
In your screenshots, are these lists of substitute product options? Or are we looking at the checkout experience (whole cart)?
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Is dragging the mouse with a button pressed not...
Click-and-drag using a held mouse button is generally not considered to be an accessible interaction, because the action is too dexterous for some users. The accepted practice is to provide an...
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for Program application and payment processing
There are definitely pros and cons to both. You don't say how much the amount to be charged will be, but I think that could be a pretty big factor.For instance - most people could part with $15 that is...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on How to stop User from creating too many instances at...
It would seem that a user working on a CV needs an account, and you would impose limits per account vs going to IP wide bans - or am I missing something?
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for How to handle separate Design Systems for B2C and B2B...
I can think of a few arguments against having two separate design systems:Duplication of effort - You risk rebuilding things that already exist in one system or the otherPrecedent - You're showing the...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on How do I deter people from pressing the wrong doorbell?
Your name is third on the list on the right-hand side (the least likely to be accidentally pushed), which makes me wonder if people are just pushing all the buttons to see who answers. If it were me,...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on What should happen when a user tries to access a page...
Agree with @GWv here - users playing around with URLs encounter 404 errors when they enter a URL that does not exist. (Ideally, you shouldn't show querystring data in URLs to begin with.) But if your...
View ArticleComment by Izquierdo on How to show language switcher to someone who is using...
Does your system have a user profile page where users go to set their preferences?
View ArticleAnswer by Izquierdo for What are the main differences when conducting user...
"How likely are you to use this feature" is a problematic question for a few reasons:People are notoriously poor at predicting their future behavior. People will say they want something, and then...
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Answer by Izquierdo for How to show language switcher to someone who is using...
I like this pattern that Wordpress uses on their login page.Why it's a good pattern:The user encounters it as early in the workflow as possible (login)The icon has both a Roman and a Mandarin...
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