Despite the end of August, summer is still in full swing! The delicate scent of the coming autumn is already slowly floating in the air, but we consciously repel this announcement of golden leaves and colder days and invite you to another UX Thursday.
We have collected for you a number of fascinating articles and news from the industry ready to review and perhaps inspire further discoveries.
Project Tokens and Naming
On the blog Smart Interface Design Patterns is waiting for you token naming article in the design of systems. Properly chosen names are transparent and effective management of design tokens and the entire project. In the text you will find practical tips for creating consistent and understandable names, suggestions on what to avoid and hints on what to consider especially (for example: context and scalability of the project). The whole is a valuable and valuable guide in the context of taking care of good quality design systems.
How to ask to get the answers you need?
Text on the Nielsen Norman Group website discusses the key principles of creating effective surveys. Effective, that is, designed in such a way as to obtain accurate and valuable answers from respondents. Depending on the type of survey — the type of questions, their layout, order and length differ. Reliable data for analysis can be obtained when we pay attention to the clarity and unambiguity of the questions and avoid suggestibility.
The problem with the disappearing menu
“Imagine a situation where you hover over a menu fragment that displays a different list of items, and then you try to hover over that nested menu, but the entire menu in front of you disappears. Sounds like a UX challenge that you sometimes struggle with?” — this is the question posed to us by Costa Alexoglou in Introduction to your article. This still popular problem of accidentally closing nested menus can be solved in a simple way. We encourage you to read the text full of tips and practical information.
A corner of knowledge and inspiration
Lastly text about how you can use the new variable system (variables) in Figma and something to be inspired by — Nordhealth design system.
We also drop off collection of free icons — Fruitful use!
