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In this issue, among other things:
How to make a good book cover
Research report on the tools of UX designers
How to choose a navigation template for a mobile app
Trends in web design for 2024
Why it is urgent to study interface design for AI
How to identify deceptive patterns in UX design
What is the forced boredom method and how does it improve productivity
Detailed salary statistics for designers, managers and other specialists
Large online museum of ancient maps
…and much more!
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🗞 News and articles
The authors designed UX tools that they used to track the large number of users that designers use in their work. Below are some interesting data for an example:
65% of respondents already use AI in their work
84% of respondents using AI assistants use ChatGPT
Figma is used for interface design 20 times more than Sketch or Adobe XD
Figma is the most popular tool for prototyping. You use 20 times more than ProtoPie for basic prototyping, and 3 times more for complex features
In the game sucker category, FigJam overtook Miro in popularity by 20%
Notion is the leader as a repository of research
Other popular user testing tools are Google Meet, UserTesting, Maze and Zoom
Designmodo has published a selection of trends in web design for 2024, as well as summed up the trends of 2023.
Some trends:
Videos and images created using AI
AI assistants in the form of chats on pages
Sci-fi and technological style with complex effects on WebGL. Such sites will be in demand not only among tech startups, but also in other industries
More interactive, video and microanimation
New original methods of using parallax
Kinetic typography and step-by-step disclosure of text fragments
Nostalgia for the fashion of the 1990s and 2000s
Navigation patterns in mobile applications. How to make the right choice?
Ksenia Toloknova wrote in great detail about the choice of navigation templates in mobile applications. She analyzed many applications, selected the most popular templates for 2023 and analyzed their strengths and weaknesses. She also pointed out some differences between solutions for iOS and Android.
Coolest Book Covers: 10 Inspiring Cover Designs That Defied Trends
Shannon Clark has selected the 10 most interesting book covers of 2023 and explained what they are good for. She also gave a number of tips on how to make a high-quality cover design for a book, and pointed out several visual trends.
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