Navneet Panchariya - Web Designer | UI Designer | Front End Developer

Here we have somewhat of a cautionary tale for all of those in the field, to help guide us away from those behavioral models that we should all avoid. Well, that we should avoid if we do not wish to have the often negative connotations that are associated with these types of designers impacting our reputation as a member of the industry. Which might prove very difficult to shake off and recover from in the eyes of other members of the community. Most of us have had, or have been, that friend warnings were issued about. The bad influence whose behaviors the older generation were so afraid others would begin to emulate, and then it would all be downhill from there. Well they are back! And here come the warnings to prevent as many of us in the design community as possible from following in their damaging footsteps. So take a look below at the breakdowns of those types of designers you should strive to not be, and see if you fit into any of the categories. The Browse and Biter ...

When it comes down to it, user experience should be the number-one priority for mobile developers. Really successful mobile experiences are not compromised, stripped-down versions of their desktop counterparts - they're better than the experience on a desktop computer. Successful mobile developers "go mobile" first to create an engaging, satisfying user experience, and a large part of a great UX is making the user's attempts to communicate as effortless as possible. Realistically, user interfaces can make or break a business, and with our increased focus on mobile technology, the user experience of mobile apps is more important to a company's bottom-line than ever before. Consider the disastrous effect the subpar user experience of Facebook's mobile app had on the company's stock price versus the increasing success of Path following the positive user response to its app's interface. The right focus when creating a mobile interface ...

Responsive web design is the buzzword of the decade already, and is ideal for the multi-screen connected world that we live in. However, the trade-off for this is in performance due to larger file sizes. This has prompted some experts to say that, like the early days of Flash, responsive design is something that we could all be getting excited about for no good reason. However, while at the moment there are performance issues, these can be overcome to some extent with some small adjustments, compression and image resizing. Why responsive design can perform slowly Responsive design loads all of the same HTML elements for every device, including those intended for tablet and desktop delivery. This means that all content is often delivered, including images and scripts, no matter what device it's being viewed on. A study carried out last year showed that 86% of responsive sites currently online deliver a full desktop page to mobile devices. This is clearly a trend ...