Apple Maps vs Google Maps by Peter Ramsey

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Apple Maps vs Google Maps

Apple and Google have been fighting for map dominance for nearly a decade. In 2012, just months after Google Maps first hit one billion users, Apple Maps was set as the default mapping application on IOS.

Peter Ramsey

The Methods UX Professionals Use (2022)

The wide range of UX methods is one of the things that makes UX such an interesting field. Some methods, like usability testing, have been around for decades. Others are more recent additions, and some seem to be just slight variations on other existing methods.

Jeff Sauro, PhD • Emily Short • Jim Lewis, PhD

Designing A Perfect Pricing Page UX

Imagine that you need to design a pricing page. The page is intended for a product that has four different pricing plans. All plans are designed for different audiences, vary in features, include some customization options, and are available in various currencies.

Vitaly Friedman

Where’s the button? Designing for mode confusion

Software is lovely, but we know firsthand that it can be terrible. It’s deflating to enter an unexpected experience with tools we typically have fluency with. It doesn’t instill confidence in ourselves or the product.

Kyle Lambert

Figma is making you a bad designer

If you jump straight into a design tool you’re not using it, it’s using you and it’s sucking your creativity dry.

Emily Schmittler

The many faces of themeable design systems

Very rarely is exactly one design system created to serve exactly one product that expresses exactly one design language. Nearly all the design systems we’ve worked on require a high degree of flexibility in order to properly serve our clients’ needs.

Brad Frost

Performance Management as a New Manager: How to Create a Plan (Part IV)

When you’re managing a team member’s performance, how do you create a plan that the team member can use to be successful? Here’s what you should and shouldn’t do.

Jasmine Friedl

The Complete Guide to the Dark Mode Toggle

This complete guide to the dark mode toggle includes best practices for implementing a color mode switcher on your website using custom variables, prefers-color-scheme, and more, all with a very pretty demo!

Ryan Feigenbaum