ui

Why hollow icons are more work for your users and ultimately create cognitive fatigue. (via Hollow Icons — Design/UX — Medium )

layervault: I’m very excited to talk about a technique that we’ve started using at LayerVault. We call it Progressive Reduction. (…) How does one guide a new user from on-boarding, to low proficiency, to high proficiency? With progressive reduction, the UI adapts to the user’s proficiency. (…) Your proficiency in a product will decay over time without usage. As such, the proficiency reflected in the UI decays over time. Essentially, your UI regresses without usage....

A Good User Interface has high conversion rates and is easy to use . In other words, it’s nice to both the business side as well as the people using it. Here is a running list of practical ideas to try out. (via GoodUI )

Starters Guide to iOS Design (…) I find that many designers struggle with the transition to UI work, or with the different processes involved in iPhone and iPad app design. In this guide I’ll describe the deliverables you’ll be expected to produce, outline the constraints of the medium and introduce fundamental iOS and UI design concepts.