UX

Millenials won't use subpar enterprise software

Millenials won’t use subpar enterprise softwarePaul Boag writes at Smashing Magazine: Frustration will only increase as millennials enter the workforce. These people are digital natives, and they expect a certain standard of software. They expect software to adapt to them, not the other way …

Details and summary tags in HTML5

HTML5 includes two tags, details and summary, that can be used to generate expanding menus you once needed JavaScript or jQuery for. A code snippet opening and closing with the “details” tag can include a summary that, when clicked, expands to reveal additional HTML. As of this writing, I’ve …

The Perfect Empty Vessel

The Perfect Empty VesselThis is a good piece on how hard Facebook tries to keep the social juices flowing. Alexis Madrigal, commenting on Facebook’s designer-hiring spree: As all these designers vanish into the bowels of the company, so, too, does their work. Facebook wants to create design that …

Longread: Brand as Context in Interaction Design

Longread: Brand as Context in Interaction DesignBen Fullerton of Method, writing in UX Magazine on the interplay between user experience design and brand messaging: For designers, the development of a compelling brand helps to round out the design, creating a before and after. It builds a …