Category: User Interface

• Communicating UI Design: Problems with Lorem Ipsum Placeholder Text

  Avoid the pitfalls of pasting improbable dummy placeholder text (lorem ipsum or otherwise) into your user interface designs. When communicating UI design, you’ll sometimes use temporary placeholder text (“dummy” text) in your wireframes, mockups, or even interactive prototypes. Below I list some of the problems with pasting perfect pieces of placeholder text all over your…

  Mike Siegler

  June 25, 2018

  Startups, User Interface

  lorem ipsum, placeholder text, prototyping, User Interface, wireframing

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• Project Tips for When Your UI Design Includes ALL CAPS Text

  From design and implementation to translation concerns, here are some tips for your project when your UI design includes ALL CAPS text elements. Whether you’re following a standard design language like Material Design, or have developed your own custom look and feel, your new website or app design might include UI elements that use uppercase…

  Mike Siegler

  June 18, 2018

  Technical, User Experience, User Interface

  capitalization, software development, translation, User Interface, web design

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• You Don’t Always Need a Search Box

  Sometimes including a search box in your application feels like the right move, even when it could actually be detrimental. Over the course of my career, I’ve several times found myself talking a client out of including search functionality in their product. I wouldn’t say it’s a frequent occurrence, but it’s definitely been a recurring…

  Mike Siegler

  June 7, 2018

  User Interface

  navigation, search, User Interface, web design

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