Figure 1. There’s much more to the user experience of a library than navigating the stacks. (Credit: Mauricio Lazo/UH Libraries) Libraries may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking ...

Curiosity is powerful. Psychologists tell us that curiosity enhances intelligence and increases perseverance. Being curious propels us to deeper engagement, superior performance, and more meaningful ...

English was the first language used on the internet, making up approximately 80% of all internet content by the 1990s. However, as Holly Young explains in “The Digital Language Divide,” “English’s ...

We invite you to visualize the story in the above graphic (Figure 1). You answer your house door to find your friend sopping wet from a surprise rainstorm. Would you act as if the situation were ...

Figure 1. So many ways to greet a person—multi-language design. Multilingual design is a complex undertaking, but it is crucial for making websites accessible to international markets. You need to ...

In Asian countries, especially in Southeast Asia, user experience or UX until relatively recently has been thought to be just focused on the look and feel of an interface. Not only did the majority of ...

Recently, I worked with a health insurance company to build a custom solution for care managers. Our key stakeholder (product owner) at the company had a nursing background and was excited to work ...

Imagine it’s 7:00 a.m. Your phone, lying quietly on your bedside table, suddenly lights up, and your alarm rings. You sit up, turn off the alarm, and pick up your phone. Before you fully awaken or ...

Text readability is often an accessibility obstacle in both real and digital worlds. I once got an invitation to an event that looked like Figure 1. Figure 1. Low-contrast text: Hard to see, hard to ...

The user experience of most web-based applications begins well below the interface, all the way down to fields in a database. Examining how systems and users experience time prove this point ...

If you are a UX designer, you have likely felt the industry shifting beneath your feet. The culprit? Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s the topic in every team meeting, the subject of ...

The Tor Project is a U.S. nonprofit composed of individuals from all around the world. Guided by common values such as privacy, anonymity, security, and freedom, these individuals build technologies ...