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• Wall of Tweets: design decisions behind popular twitter wall

  Wall of Tweets is twitterwall product designed and developed by full service UX consultancy FatDUX Zagreb here in Croatia. It’s very popular and used throughout the world. In this article I’d like to share some design thinking, design research and decisions... Posted srp 27 2010, 02:50 by anonymous Filed under: ux, silverlight, user experience, design, twitter, web, Featured Articles, wall of tweets, web 2.0, wot, wotnet, UX tutorials, news and guidelines, twitter wall

• Best practices OR Best starting points in UX

  Best practices are valuable in the UX field. However, often we use them without really giving it a thought and considering broader context. In this post our new guest blogger, Darko Čengija of FatDUX, talks about best practices and their relation with... Posted srp 22 2010, 09:45 by anonymous Filed under: ux, ui, user experience, usability, Featured Articles, UX thoughts, guest bloggers, best practices, discussion, innovation

• User interface design for beginners, intermediates or experts?

  As a user experience designers we are regularly in situations where our design decisions will make significant effect on the end users of the web site, application or generally any user interface or service we design. Apart from the need to understand... Posted lip 25 2010, 04:01 by anonymous Filed under: ux, user experience, design, usability, Featured Articles, skill dynamics, UX thoughts, experts, beginners, user research, intermediates, skill spectrum, experience design

• Silverlight 4 tutorial: HOW TO use PathListBox and Sample Data

  Sample Data has been available to us from Expression Blend 3, but now with Blend 4, Silverlight 4 and Expression Blend 4 SDK there is new control – PathListBox enabling you to create list box looking however you want them to look – not just rectangular... Posted lip 15 2010, 10:37 by anonymous Filed under: ux, silverlight, ui, expression blend, blend, Featured Articles, Silverlight / WPF tutorials, blend 4, silverlight 4, sample data, expression blend 4, pathlistbox

• Eurovision / Eurosong 2010 Voting Analysis

  Another Eurosong is behind us. This year, Germany was winner with Lena and her song Satellite. Again, interesting patterns have emerged during voting and some really interesting relations between countries can be described. Here’s the set of interesting... Posted svi 30 2010, 03:30 by anonymous Filed under: infographics, Featured Articles, Random and other, charts, maps, eurosong, esc, eurovision, 2010, voting, europe

• Developers, UX is not UI, learn that and stop trivializing!

  Rarely passes a day when I don’t get invitation to some product demonstration, technology showcase claiming to be a presentation about UX. In most cases – developers show new UI controls, tech, code and claim to be „talking about UX“. I say... Posted tra 28 2010, 10:07 by anonymous Filed under: ux, silverlight, wpf, user experience, developers, designers, usability, Featured Articles, UX / usability tutorials

• Windows Phone development and design – ultimate guide

  Windows Phone 7 is a brand new mobile platform from Microsoft introduced this year at MIX 10 conference. Since then different resources have been made available. Here, I'm gathering all you need to start designing and developing new mobile experiences... Posted tra 04 2010, 05:35 by anonymous Filed under: ux, silverlight, ui, design, blend, Featured Articles, UX / usability tutorials, guidelines, phones, windows phone, blend 4, ui guidelines, silverlight 4, mobile

• .toolbox: Learn Silverlight, Expression Studio and UX design

  Microsoft’s .toolbox website plans to teach you Silverlight, Expression Studio and UX design principles and fundamentals. You can choose from two available tracks (Design Scenarios and Design Principles), learn a lot, collect badges and brag about that... Posted ožu 13 2010, 04:39 by anonymous Filed under: ux, Expression / Silverlight / WPF, silverlight, user experience, design principles, Featured Articles, expression studio, design scenarios, learning

• Design trends for 2010: Web design trends for 2010

  From the visual and aesthetics aspect, web design trends in 2010 will be shaped by the influences from 2009. In this article 5 major trends regarding the web design are covered. From oversized headers which are serving as new kind of splash screens to... Posted sij 12 2010, 08:02 by anonymous Filed under: silverlight, design, web, Featured Articles, Random and other, web development, web design, trends, minimalism, oversized footer, oversized headers, typography, fonts

• Design trends for 2010: Web development trends for 2010

  Trends appear and disappear. Here are some of web development trends that will dominate during the 2010. I’m covering 5 trends regarding the web development. From real-time web and collaboration to geo-tagging and RIA frameworks... See what is new and... Posted sij 09 2010, 05:21 by anonymous Filed under: silverlight, silverlight 3, web, Featured Articles, Random and other, flex, geo-tagging, web development, html 5, real-time web, css 3, web design, trends, google goggles, google wave, gowalla, augmented reality

• Microsoft’s product placements in The Big Bang Theory

  I'm a huge fan of The Big Bang Theory show. Given a fact that I do have a geek / physicist background it hardly comes as a surprise. I’ve noticed number of different several Microsoft’s products being placed and mention on the show. First and foremost... Posted pro 17 2009, 11:27 by anonymous Filed under: silverlight, wpf, books, Featured Articles, Random and other, marketing, microsoft press, product placement, the big bang theory

• On the Web, competition is just one click away (JustHost is our new host)

  This is a post about customer service, customer frustration and customer / user experience. I've made a move from my old webhost Inside.hr to JustHost.com. Reason? Well, I was frustrated with their „customer service“. After careful consideration,... Posted stu 02 2009, 10:31 by anonymous Filed under: ux, user experience, web, Featured Articles, UX / usability tutorials, web host, service management, customer support, customer service

• Expression Blend tutorial: Brushes, gradients, fills and strokes (webcast)

  This Expression Blend 3 tutorial introduces you to brushes and how to change the appearance of the specific object. You will learn how to use different types of brushes, and the special emphasis is given to gradient tools. How to create and modify gradients... Posted lis 06 2009, 04:48 by anonymous Filed under: silverlight, wpf, tutorial, design, Video, blend, Featured Articles, webcast, Expression Blend tutorials, screencast, brushes

• Expression Studio 3 overview: Expression Blend 3, Design, Web and Media overview

  Expression Studio 3 now including Expression Blend 3, Web 3, Design 3 and Media 3 is available as of today for download. Number of improvements, targeting Silverlight 3 and rich designer experience are just some of the coolest additions. SketchFlow in... Posted srp 22 2009, 08:30 by anonymous Filed under: Expression / Silverlight / WPF, expression blend, expression design, expression blend 3, sketchflow, blend features, Featured Articles, expression stuido, encoder 3, expression encoder 3, overview, expression web, new features, design 3, web 3, expression encoder, expression design 3, expression studio 3, expression web 3

• Office 2010 overview videos (with Office Cloud / Web Applications)

  Office 2010 overview videos are here for you. Office (Cloud) 2010 Web Applications, new Office 2010 Word, Excel, PowerPoint… Here is number of videos showing you some of the coolest features in new Microsoft Office 2010 suite including Office 2010 Web... Posted srp 13 2009, 05:06 by anonymous Filed under: powerpoint, sharepoint workspace, office web applications, access, outlook, office 2010, Featured Articles, excel, groove, Office, word, publisher, office mobile, sharepoint, onenote