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Adobe has circulated an internal memo announcing the acquisition of California-headquartered text-to-video company Rephrase. The move is expected to bolster Adobe’s suite of Creative Cloud products. In particular, Rephrase will help the company empower its customers with the ability to generate professional-grade videos with just text.
Off/Script is an AI platform that helps anyone conceptualize, share, and monetize product mock-ups. Creators can design anything, including clothing, high-end handbags, and decor. For the most popular designs, the Montreal-based startup funds manufactures and ships them.
Figma's Dev Mode, enhanced by acquiring Visly, offers a developer-focused tool within the design platform. It facilitates seamless collaboration between designers and developers, breaking down traditional workflow barriers and improving efficiency in the design-to-development process.
A former team member who helped design the first version of Google Maps shares her opinion on why the recent redesign doesn't work. She also describes what could be improved and how Google missed a golden opportunity to step it up.
By embracing a UX marathon mindset, designers and product specialists can reshape the narrative, driving UX from the periphery to the core of business decisions. Such companies believe that product design does not end after the development and launch of the digital service application but that the product must be constantly improved and updated based on user feedback.
Creating negative urgency in design risks compromising the overall user experience, potentially losing users and damaging the company's reputation irreparably. In organizations, ultimately this could lead to staff retention issues and even compromised employee brand reputation.
A growing library of free, AI-generated, high-resolution avatars for design mockups, thoughtfully curated to suit all your creative needs. Now also comes with a plugin for Figma.
Auto Draw guesses what you're trying to draw and even suggests previous drawings that look like yours.
Check the contrast between different color combinations against WCAG standards.
The SUS, a questionnaire-based method to assess the usability of a system or product, has become an indispensable component in the realm of UX, shedding light on the user-friendliness and overall quality of digital platforms. It enhances user-centered evaluation, provides quantitative measurement, offers speed and simplicity, facilitates iterative design, supports decision-making, promotes consistency, encourages user feedback, and aids in resource allocation.
Louis Braille created his namesake reading system for the visually impaired in 1824. Samuel Gridley Howe developed the Boston Line Type in 1835 following a life-changing accident that blinded him. Based on the Roman alphabet, the Boston Line Type proved too complex to use effectively, leading to over a century’s delay in the adoption of the more user-friendly Braille system in the US.
In this interview, ex-Miro Growth leaders Kate Syuma and Viktoria Kharlamova discuss their comprehensive Onboarding Report for 2023. Their research deeply explores what makes onboarding empowered, how different strategies work for different types of businesses (B2B and B2C), and what we can learn from successful and unsuccessful onboarding efforts.
A collection of 100 books recommended by the design community categorized into nine thematic focus areas: user experience, interface and interaction, graphic design, product, theory & principles, business & strategy, creativity & innovation, tech & society, and career.
This is a list of this year's best inventions. The selection includes 200 innovations, ranging from AI to Wellness.
A well-crafted URL gives users a sense of what they will find before visiting it and provides human-readable context. A pretty URL makes your site more accessible, user-friendly, and SEO-effective.