School year starts again: if you are a designer who needs a little bit of help, here's an article from my archives on how to find your first UX Job, from choosing the structure, to reaching out to other people, etc.
"Boohoo I can't use pastel" and "Accessible color palettes are ugly" are things I hear often. But, it's not true!
If want some inspiration for accessible color combinations, Furquan Ahmad put 50+ ideas in a nice Figma file: https://www.figma.com/community/file/909176640411029401
In case you were still thinking about using a placeholder instead of a label, here's an example of why it's a very bad idea: I have to empty the field to know what was expected.
And if you need more information about placeholders, here's a good place (haha) to start: https://uxdesign.cc/stop-using-placeholders-3b9f362a50d8
Toasts are Bad UX
"The core problem is that toasts always show up far away from the user's attention.”. Yup. I blame bootstrap and material UI for making this “better than noting feedback mechanism” popular.
By Max Schmitt “
I think UX writing is very important. So, let's delve into how I would improve LinkedIn's notification.
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A browser monoculture leads to a less open and more controlled web, with a big lack of privacy. I’m with @npub1ruv0...702v here, I love Firefox, but I still have to open Chrome for many things, especially online video chats and it’s annoying. And sadly, a couple of plugins that don’t work on Firefox anymore.
You know how Netflix unlocks certain categories for certain users and not the other ones? This site lets you get access to all of them. You can finally explore all the Korean series you were missing!
SENDUNE: an HTML email design tool that lets you design your newsletter in a nice drag and drop interface, then export your HTML. Also, it’s open source and you can check the code in github.
