The editors at WardsAuto have published their list of 10 new vehicles delivering the best “user experience” — a combination of driver assistance, smart phone connectivity, voice recognition and controls — and that list includes vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes, Lexus, Range Rover, Subaru and Volkswagen.
“We’re seeing new approaches to questions that have plagued the auto industry for years,” WardsAuto managing editor Tom Murphy said. Wards evaluated 23 vehicles — all either new, or with substantially new systems.
Automakers from the U.S., Germany, Japan and Korea and vehicles priced from $40,705 to $101,095 made the list. Wards’s editors evaluate the vehicles in multidriver road tests.
German brands' strong performance is particularly noteworthy. For years, Audi, BMW and Mercedes relied on cumbersome rotary controllers. Those controls remain in some vehicles, but German brands have added user-friendly touch screens and voice recognition.
https://eu.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2019/09/21/best-vehicles-user-experience/2382268001/
User interface (UI) and user experience (UX) go hand in hand, so much so that they are usually lumped together in a single term. UX depends upon the implementation of responsive and intuitive UI. It's such a crucial part of the design of new technology that newcomers to the field may feel out of their depth when designing UI/UX schemes.
Implementing proper UI is such a vital part of building new applications that even newcomers will need to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. To help them along their path, 13 members of Forbes Technology Council offer insight into the crucial elements of UI design and how it impacts overall user experience.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/08/26/13-handy-uiux-tips-for-new-app-designers/#158b737f5bb5/
Usually, user experience (UX) of the design aspect gets overlooked until something goes awry. Understanding the value of UX and proffering it the consideration it deserves when developing or planning a site can help prevent problems in the future – and save businesses and brands trouble, money and time.
Fifty-two percent of users who shop online said that page speed affects their commitment to the online store. In the current competitive environment of ecommerce where revenue is expected to reach $4 trillion USD by 2020, delivering exceptional UX needs to be a priority.
Therefore, a business or brand has a goal of optimizing the user experience to boost sales. As Steve Krug, a UX expert said, “If someone thinks or doubts, the website usability is inefficient.”
https://www.business2community.com/ecommerce/6-ecommerce-ux-best-practices-02231859/
Every user interacting with your web design is a human — at least until the singularity arrives — which means each one of them is subject to certain psychological principles. Over decades of research, psychologists and philosophers have observed things about human nature that hold true to this day, and if you’re a UX designer worth their salt you’ll pay attention to them.
https://usabilitygeek.com/6-laws-of-psychology-for-good-ux-design/
Cybersecurity professionals are caught between a rock and a hard place, as they are tasked with keeping systems and users secure while not hindering the business in any way. As organizations and consumers do more business online and in the cloud, user experience is becoming a top priority. As the founder and CTO of a compromised credential detection company, I've found that security efforts are often hindered in favor of a positive user experience. In the security world, the "tree-falls-in-the-forest" question is this:
If a user doesn’t turn on a security feature, does it really matter how much more secure it is?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/09/17/balancing-user-experience-with-security-overcoming-resistance-to-two-factor-authentication/#772b35ca3b0e/
The creation of an e-Commerce website that will successfully fulfill all the functions is a complex and challenging task. Moreover, the experience must be so pleasant and comfortable so that a customer will develop a habit. More and more buyers prefer online shopping experience and turn to it every day.
The number of websites is growing exponentially, as well as the variety of products and services on offer. The competitions become fierce. The designers and developers are searching for new sophisticated ways to provide high-quality services and drive traffic.
The success of the e-Commerce activity largely depends on the design of the page or platform it is performed on. E-Commerce web-design companies face the upcoming challenges and find new ways to express their creativity and turn new ideas into life. We compiled our list of design tips which will skyrocket your website traffic and seduce even more customers to buy.
https://www.business2community.com/web-design/challenge-2019-how-to-create-the-user-experience-design-for-an-e-commerce-website-02241522/
An easy and customisable way to ask for contact information from your website and mobile app visitors.
https://marketplace.mopinion.com/survey-templates/contact-form/
Customer Effort Score is a popular metric that measures how much effort it took the customer to achieve his/her goal. This type of surveys is typically used mainly to gauge the aggregate, digital user experience experience of your customers with your product, enabling you to lower frustrations and provide a smooth online journey.
https://marketplace.mopinion.com/survey-templates/ces-customer-effort-score-website-ux/
Bitcoin proponents claim it to be the best form of money, however even after a decade since its inception, the use of Bitcoin is quite limited. One of the main reasons for the rate of slow adoption is the complexity that comes along with it. The growth of any product, service or technology is propelled by how easy it is to use for the general public.
Apart from buying and selling of Bitcoin, most other aspects of the Bitcoin ecosystem, be it setting up a node, managing private keys, how the core protocol works or how its incentivization model works are not easy to comprehend.
Dan Held, Director Of Business Development at Kraken appeared on “What Bitcoin Did” podcast to discuss the importance of simplifying the user experience (UX) in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and how it can be a key to propelling Bitcoin use for masses.
https://eng.ambcrypto.com/emphasizing-on-simplified-user-experience-ux-in-bitcoin-ecosystem-can-propel-its-adoption/
Facebook has gone ahead and done it. The company begun hiding the number of likes that posts have received, starting today in Australia.
You will see “John Doe and others” instead of “John Doe and 15 others” under your post. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong uncovered this test from a beta version of the social network’s app, earlier this month.
https://thenextweb.com/facebook/2019/09/27/facebook-tests-hiding-like-counts-just-like-instagram/
