Mobile

I’m a superfan of TripIt. I pay for the Pro version. I highly suggest it for your travels. But there are some aspects of their app UX that remind me to blog about badges, alerts, and clearing them. TripIt’s desktop interface deserves another blog post. I have 3 alerts. I have a pre-trip update alert. […]

Once upon a time, apps had bottom navigation. It then seemed to go out of style with more apps opting for slide out menus with hamburger icons. Bottom navs seem to be making a comeback. Should you design a bottom nav for the app you’re working on? My American Express app on Android recently redesigned […]

There are two types of people. People whose mobile phone has rarely been out of their sight or possession. And people who leave their phone laying around, in airports, in airplane seats, at their Starbucks table, etc… For the second type of person, we have screen locks and remote wiping. But what do we have […]

It’s September 2017 and I don’t think iPhones do this yet. Email me if it’s September 2017 and I’m wrong. 🙂 My Android phone helps me be more social. I turn on my phone screen less often. Why? Because I know SO much about a notification from sound and vibration. Most apps let you pick […]

Time to talk about the UX of color. As I write this, there are two phones on my desk. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (my main phone until the Note 8 came) and my only-for-testing iPhone 6. Both are plugged into charge. Both have off, black screens. Can I tell which one is charged up and […]

2FA. Everybody says use it. Lots of sites will set it up so that if someone tries to log in or do “forgot password” you get a text or some other secondary way to confirm it’s really you. Someone I know left her husband. He was not being so nice. He was somehow logging into […]

For those of you new to this blog, hello! I’m Debbie and I’m a UX (user experience) designer. I specialize in interaction design and information architecture, which means it’s normally my job to make websites, apps, and other user experiences better, easier, more user friendly, faster to learn and use, etc… I’m a big Disney […]

This week, I raised a question to my Facebook friends. Why is the iOS keyboard always in upper case even if you are not typing in upper case? I find that confusing. I have passwords with mixed case letters. When my brain sees capital T on the keyboard, I think I’m typing a capital T… […]

I’m no iFan as you know if you read this blog. The main time Apple surprises me is by what they DON’T do. And the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are no exceptions. With so much love poured everywhere for the “standard” iPhone size, I was surprised that there was NO iPhone 6 in […]