Published in UX Collective·PinnedUsing Empty States to your AdvantageHow to prevent your app from losing half its users in a month — Empty States are often neglected and designed last. I don’t blame you though. After all, compared to the main screens, these aren’t important. Right? Sadly, no. The worst that can happen is that users can uninstall your app after first use. Trust me, you don’t want that to happen. Users…UX11 min readUX11 min read
Published in UX Collective·PinnedStop Using A Loading Spinner, There’s Something BetterStop using those boring loading spinners in your user interfaces. Seriously. It’s killing your apps’ experience more than you know. A loading spinner might be the solution to your content loading problems. But I’m here to tell you that it’s not. You might even use some of those fancy animated…UX10 min readUX10 min read
Published in UX Collective·PinnedBest Practices for Horizontal Lists in MobileMany Android and iOS apps have horizontal scrolling lists. Maybe it’s also combined inside a vertical list. But is it necessary? Even assuming it is, are you doing it right? In this article, let’s discuss tips to remember when designing horizontal lists. …Design11 min readDesign11 min read
Published in BuzzFeed Design·Feb 28, 2020Join BuzzFeed as a Product Design InternWe’re hiring two interns this summer! — Deciding what kind of internship you want is hard. Large companies give you a glimpse of how Product Design is practiced at scale. Startups are more hands-on, providing opportunities to have a more direct impact with your work. Product Design at BuzzFeed offers the best of both worlds. You’ll be…BuzzFeed4 min readBuzzFeed4 min read
Published in UX Collective·Apr 11, 2017Techniques to Display Text over Background ImagesIt’s become popular to overlay text labels on background images. But the image could be anything. How does your user interface design accommodate that? Can text overlay remain readable always? The last thing you’d want is your users straining to read such text. This is all the more important on…Design10 min readDesign10 min read
Published in AndroidPub·Mar 22, 2016Ultimate Guide to Bottom Navigation on AndroidIn this tutorial, learn to add a Bottom Bar and manage Fragments with it. — One of the newest additions to the Material Design is the Bottom Navigation Bar. Its like the TabBar you see on iOS, and similar in functionality too.Android13 min readAndroid13 min read
Published in AndroidPub·Sep 15, 2015Create a Parallax Scrolling Header with Tabs in AndroidMaterial Design has seen the rise in on-scroll animations in Android apps. Certain designs include a parallax scroll effect with a header images, along with Tabs. In this post, we’ll look at just that. Some examples of popular scrolling patterns include the Flexible Space with Image and Quick Return pattern…Android6 min readAndroid6 min read
Published in AndroidPub·Jun 2, 2015Creating the Flexible Space with Image Pattern on AndroidThe Design support library for Android makes it easy to create great animations. Let’s look at how to create an app with a collapsing Toolbar animation. It’s know as Flexible Space with Image pattern, a popular scrolling technique. I didn’t know this pattern actually had a name until Ian Lake…Android11 min readAndroid11 min read
