Instagram users may soon gain access to a ‘Mute’ option along with a slew of other features. A Twitter user that goes by the name of @wongmjane went on to post a couple of images that appear to showcase various tests that officials at Instagram are conducting. For the uninitiated, Jane Wong is a computer science student who was looking through the photo-editing app’s code when he came across the speculated additions.
According to a report by The Verge, Instagram did not have anything to share on the upcoming features at the moment. Even though they haven’t confirmed the apparent tests, it’s still exciting to think about how Instagram is working towards improving the user experience. Following given are some of the features that might be added in the near future.
http://true-tech.net/apps/instagram-effort-improve-user-experience/
With the growing demand for mobile apps, a large number of companies are coming up with qualitative mobile app development services and today, there are numerous mobile apps in the app marketplace. However, in today's competitive scenario, offering wonderful user experience is an essential component for distinguishing your app from your competitors. In this regard, behavior driven development making a huge buzz in the programming concept and gives a lot of emphasis on the user as well as their specific requirements.
https://www.digitaldoughnut.com/articles/2017/january/avail-pleasant-user-experience-with-behavior-drive/
A short and sweet article about why to invest in User Experience on your Website, App or online portal...
https://www.digitaldoughnut.com/articles/2017/march/5-reasons-why-you-should-invest-in-user-experience/
When Pokémon go was launched, do you remember how many crazy people were randomly walking on the road, searching for poke balls and Pokémons at the public place which created a record of 500 million users in just 2 months. This Augmented Reality inspired game not only tickled everyone’s senses but showed the world what future has in store.
This is the kind of user experience we are dealing with today.
http://customerthink.com/user-experience-ux-is-at-the-heart-of-digital-transformation/
umans are visual creatures. Throughout the ages, mankind has been constantly trying to capture their surroundings by drawing and preserving images. From prehistoric cave markings to this generation’s animation for mobile apps, the world continues to become more animated as time goes by.
When animated cartoons were first introduced in the early 1900s, they were meant to merely delight audiences. Fast forward to the digital age and animation has now become part of people’s daily lives. It is now considered a functional element of mobile applications – one that enhances the user experience if designed properly. While mobile developers agree that animation increases users’ enjoyment of a product, how exactly does it enhance user experience?
https://knowtechie.com/how-to-use-animation-in-mobile-apps-to-improve-the-user-experience/
It’s a well-known fact that in order to win more business and grow your company financially, it’s crucial to design applications with a user-first mindset. This mindset will also drive improved adaptability and productivity. With the advent of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and the converging effects it is having on two previously separate worlds (users and business), users want to access official and personal emails, documents, and other assets on the go.
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/putting-enterprise-user-experience-first-with-the-three-ps/
It is crucial for designers to understand, on a psychological level, why people are doing what they are doing, what motivates them to use our products, stick to our services and recommend them to others. This awareness will allow us to create optimal user experiences for users.
In this article, we will look at a couple of basic approaches in designing optimal experiences for users based on basic psychological principles.
https://uxplanet.org/how-to-design-for-optimal-user-experiences-and-delight-users-7b9cf6d36c0c/
If you haven’t noticed, user experience (UX) is revolutionising and defining the digital strategies of just about every company in the business world today. And while this revolution is indeed grabbing a hold of almost every industry in existence, there is one in particular that really puts UX on a pedestal. The tech industry, where nowadays ‘you’re only as good as the user experience of your products’.
https://mopinion.com/user-experience-ux-tools-tech-companies/
We are living in an era where everything is changing rapidly. Our current tools will be outnumbered by many other excellent ones in the next few decades. We do not have precise sensors or clever voice assistants yet, but they certainly will be in our lives in the future. We are sensing many things are changing, but we don’t know the manners yet. Some people will invent new disruptive ways of communication and interaction. New interfaces will be born out of these new interactions.
Some people among us define the future by crossing the lines. They can see from totally different angles and match the right interfaces with the right controls. Some options are already at the table: voice, sensors, or maybe mind. We don’t know the exact solutions yet, but designers should be prepared for the future to think about how to design interfaces for tomorrow’s human-computer interaction.
https://blog.prototypr.io/reinventing-the-ux-d73a3dc1e814/
User experience is now considered a vital, standalone discipline within web design. And with 'UX designer' fully established as a job title, and specialists still in high demand, our user experiences should be better than ever.
However, as demands change and expectations rise, there are still issues facing the discipline. We asked web professionals what barriers they felt were holding us back from creating great user experiences today.
https://www.creativebloq.com/advice/what-are-the-main-barriers-to-good-ux-today/
