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What is perfect design? A new designer’s perspective
3 minutes, 16 seconds
When we’re children we create purely for ourselves, experimenting without people’s opinions impacting our designs. The next challenge we face is to create for others.
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Technical delivery document
3 minutes, 12 secondsA Technical Delivery Document is designed to aid the client’s understanding of the way we work and what the outcome is on the end user. We feel it is beneficial to try and communicate our…
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Content strategy in UX – beyond the wireframe
6 minutes, 17 secondsAs UX professionals, one of our most common deliverables is the humble wireframe. The wireframe is a great way of specifying the layout and interactions of a digital product. It allows you to fine tune…
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More Tips for Creating Accessible Forms
5 minutes, 49 secondsKate Bradbury, Consultant at Nomensa, shares her tips on how to create accessible forms.
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Framing UX research questions
3 minutes, 6 secondsThis short video provides advice about user research to avoid incorrect results, bad decisions and ultimately a sub-optimal product. Mike Harris, Senior UX Consultant at Nomensa discusses ways of framing UX research questions.
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What is a front-end toolkit?
2 minutes, 9 secondsA front-end toolkit acts as a reference, not only for developers but for anyone working on the front-end of a website. It is a living body of front-end code and documentation for a website which…
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Introducing forcing functions
5 minutes, 46 secondsForcing function is commonly cited in human factors case studies as recommendations for error-prevention in health and safety contexts. It means forcing users to do something in a certain way in order to proceed on…
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Tips on combining image and text links
2 minutes, 25 secondsTips on combining image and text links that link to the same resource, a requirement stated in the Web Content Accessibility guidelines.
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In defence of buckets
8 minutes, 31 secondsThese have effectively been crucified as “the ONE thing you must never do”. So at the risk of being virtually crucified, I am here to defend them.
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A few thoughts on psychology & UX
5 minutes, 20 seconds‘So how does a psychology graduate end up in web design?’ – a question I’ve been asked many times since landing a job at Nomensa. I want to explain how intrinsically linked psychology and UX…
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On naming buttons
3 minutes, 31 secondsLooking at the language we use in the software we design, specifically when it comes to buttons.
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Captions, audio descriptions and transcripts
1 minute, 27 secondsThis video gives you some advice about alternatives for audio and video content.
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A few tips on accessible links
2 minutes, 24 secondsThis video gives you some tips on how to create accessible links.
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Cross-Channel Design: A Primer
7 minutes, 58 secondsWe can no longer think of a computer as something that just sits on our desk at work or at home. There are computers all around us, literally. In fact, in most situations where there…
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Making websites accessible without sacrificing aesthetics
3 minutes, 43 secondsFar too often there is a belief that a compromise must be made between accessibility and an attractive design.
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A Responsive Web Design primer
7 minutes, 49 secondsIn less than 2 years responsive web design (RWD) has become a digital design trend. If you think the number of devices that needs to be considered is mind-boggling in 2013 this is likely to…
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How to write better page titles
2 minutes, 12 secondsA few tips on how to write good and accessible page titles.
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Accessibility is part of UX (it isn’t a swear word)
9 minutes, 4 secondsPeople often go a bit wobbly when accessibility is mentioned. Visions of text only websites, monochrome designs and static content swirl in their heads. Teeth are gritted, excuses are prepared, and battle conditions ensue. The…
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Designing meaning: translating insight into design
11 minutes, 37 secondsRegardless of the proposed technology the ultimate goal is to make any design and the experience as meaningful as possible to the user.
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Accessible use of colour in web design
2 minutes, 33 secondsA quick explanation on why colour shouldn’t be the only means of conveying the information on a website.
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7 web accessibility myths
10 minutes, 28 secondsGosia Mlynarczyk, Accessibility Consultant at Nomensa talks through 7 web accessibility myths.
