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Blind Method of Hiring a Software Developer

Table of Contents 1 How Come They Passed the Interview? 2 The Blind Method 3 Our Experiment 4 Step 1. Choose a Test Task 5 Step 2. Pick the Candidates 6 S

Make Amazon Great Again

If everybody at Amazon works so hard, why does the site still looks like it is 2003? In the article, the author shares his ideas on Amazon user experience and t

How I Was Studying 3 Buttons for 20 Hours

The article shares a case study by the usability specialist of Icons8 team sharing the process of testing buttons and conclusions influencing usability.

Why You Shouldn’t Ask a Developer to Fix Your Bike

In a manner full of fun and humor, the author shares his considerations about job focus, skills, and professional motivation.

What Neural Network Can Tell About Your Doodles?

How often do you see other people's doodles? Usually it’s a small circle of friends playing Pictionary at a party, or colleagues, tainting each other’s busi

Flat Design Trend: What Did It Bring to Us?

The article presents the opinion about the influence of flat design on user experience

How Do People Search Icons? Usability Study

Learn how people search icons, and have fun at the same time. That what our usability study shares in this article.

Mobile Design Best Practices

In a crowded market, how does a mobile app become useful, relevant, and valued for users? Here are 7 UX design tips key for creating great mobile user experienc

Anti-Trump icon becomes more popular than the Trump one

Quick research on user behavior on Trump icons in our icons library

Actionable Tips for Creating Sign Up Forms That Don’t Confuse Your Users

We’ve been doing some experimenting and usability testing to try and find the best Sign Up UI. Here are some insights that cost us several hundreds of dollars

Why are so many companies changing to flat logo design?

Dive into the trend of flat design for branding and learn why many big and small companies are changing their logos to flat.

Boarding pass usability: how to save two human lifetimes per year

Every second planes are taking off worldwide. We pay a lot of attention to costs, destinations, boarding, and many many other things, but there's one thing we d

One button to fool them all

It’s hard to imagine one little star button can cause a big headache. Check the usability study and learn how to solve some typical interaction problems.

Drag-and-drop vs. Click. Are they rivals? [Usability study]

Drag and Drop vs. Click. How could two actions that are so different possibly be compared at the perspective of usability? Let us show