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What Product Design Process Should You Consider When You Are Prototyping

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As a basic product design process, prototyping design often evokes various disputes. It is widely held that the first thing is to learn Axure while others complain that Axure is just one of the various prototyping tools which do not deserve being flattered. In my perspective, both of them are right. For new product managers, Axure may be the first  prototyping tool  they use in most cases. But whether Axure really suits their needs still remains obscure. The most common mistake is to believe that the skill of using Axure equals to the skill of a professional product manager. As a result, a lot of new product managers squanders too much time on the high-fidelity thing only to find the iteration of their product stranded. I’m not saying that there is no value in high-fidelity. To some extent, high fidelity helps the leader get a clearer logic of the whole iteration scheme. It is both valuable for development and demonstration. However, the tempo of modern design industry is...

Tips and Principles on How to Design a Search Box

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When you visit a page to look for the content you need, but you can’t find the search box to perform the action, isn’t it frustrating? The search box is usually the most commonly used design element in a website and a good search box will  make a site user-friendly , when users visit a relatively complex site, they will immediately find the search box to help them to reach he/she ultimate goals. This article shared some useful tips and principles to design a search box that user will please, hope this article can be useful and helpful to you. What is search box? The search box is a commonly used interactive component,especially, on websites and APPs. The core of search box is to extract exact content from massive amounts of information accurately, such as music libraries, e-commerce sites and etc. Two types of search 1. Instant search: The results are displayed immediately on the user interface, no buttons are required, the magnifying glass is only display...

What Is Design Research? Why We Need It in UX Design?

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When design, from shape your mind to present final product, the overall design process involves complex factors. For example, design research is an indispensable one. As a primary research into the process of design, people do acknowledge its importance, however, in reality, many designers or organizations tend to lose sight of it. Some even hold a misunderstanding. So, what is design research? Why we need it? How to do a good one? These are the questions I’ll answer in this article. 1. What is design research? Design research, also known as UX research, came into being in the 1980s, and expand continuously for its great utility. Serving as a fundamental part that brings value to create a good design, it has formed its own set of research methods. The first is to go with the destination of your organization. You need to be fully aware of the product plans on your corporate calendar. That is, when you design a product, it should be perfectly meet the expectations and requir...