NNG Top Articles 2013-2023

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10 Best Intranets of 2013When to Use Which User-Experience Research MethodsThe Fold Manifesto: Why the Page Fold Still MattersThe Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You ThinkFlat UI Elements Attract Less Attention and Cause UncertaintyEmpathy Mapping: The First Step in Design ThinkingTop 10 Application-Design MistakesDark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?The 6 Levels of UX MaturityData Tables: Four Major User TasksHeuristic Evaluations: How to Conduct

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Auto-Forwarding Carousels and Accordions Annoy Users and Reduce VisibilityPlaceholders in Form Fields Are Harmful4 iOS Rules to BreakHamburger Menus and Hidden Navigation Hurt UX MetricsUX Research Cheat SheetWhy Personas FailPortfolios for UX Researchers: Top 10 RecommendationsHow People Read Online: New and Old FindingsMapping User Stories in AgileUX Strategy: Definition and ComponentsUser Journeys vs. User Flows

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iOS 7 User-Experience AppraisalIcon UsabilityFlat Design: Its Origins, Its Problems, and Why Flat 2.0 Is Better for UsersCentered Logos Hurt Website NavigationUX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat SheetHow to Test Visual DesignFooters 101: Design Patterns and When to Use Each5 Principles of Visual Design in UXUsing “How Might We” Questions to Ideate on the Right ProblemsBest Font for Online Reading: No Single AnswerAI: First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years

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Mobile Usability for Cats: Essential Design Principles for FelinesBreaking Web Design Conventions = Breaking the User ExperienceLow-Contrast Text Is Not the AnswerDesign a Brilliant SharePoint IntranetMega Menus Work Well for Site NavigationBetween-Subjects vs. Within-Subjects Study DesignUser Experience vs. Customer Experience: What’s the Difference?7 Ways to Analyze a Customer-Journey MapDesign Systems 101A Guide to Using User-Experience Research MethodsError-Message Guidelines

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Tablet UsabilityImage-Focused Design: Is Bigger Better?Emotional Design Fail: I'm Divorcing My Nest ThermostatOpen-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions in User ResearchThe Most Hated Online Advertising TechniquesScrolling and Attention5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design PortfolioListboxes vs. Dropdown ListsWhy Does a Design Look Good?Infinite Scrolling: When to Use It, When to Avoid ItThe Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop

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Ecommerce UX: 3 Design Trends to Follow and 3 to AvoidLong-Term Exposure to Flat Design: How the Trend Slowly Decreases User EfficiencyWebsite Forms Usability: Top 10 RecommendationsComparison Tables for Products, Services, and FeaturesUX Guidelines for Ecommerce Homepages, Category Pages, and Product Listing PagesPopups: 10 Problematic Trends and AlternativesPDF: Still Unfit for Human Consumption, 20 Years LaterPM and UX Have Markedly Different Views of Their Job ResponsibilitiesPersonas vs. ArchetypesChatGPT Lifts Business Professionals’ Productivity and Improves Work Quality

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User Experience Career Advice: How to Learn UX and Get a JobBeyond Blue Links: Making Clickable Elements RecognizableFront-End Style-Guides: Definition, Requirements, Component ChecklistDate-Input Form Fields: UX Design GuidelinesVisibility of System StatusSympathy vs. Empathy in UXWhat a UX Career Looks Like TodaySticky Headers: 5 Ways to Make Them BetterSetting UX Roles and Responsibilities in Product Development: The RACI TemplateThe Anatomy of a Good Design: An Analysis of 4 Sites

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Killing Off the Global Navigation: One Trend to AvoidThe Characteristics of Minimalism in Web DesignDesign Thinking 101Personas vs. Jobs-to-Be-DoneThe 5 Steps to Service BlueprintingTooltip GuidelinesThe Discovery Phase in UX ProjectsLeft-Side Vertical Navigation on Desktop: Scalable, Responsive, and Easy to ScanUsing Grids in Interface DesignsBottom Sheets: Definition and UX Guidelines

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Intranet Information Architecture (IA) TrendsThe State of Mobile User ExperienceWhen and How to Create Customer Journey MapsDon’t Use Split Buttons for Navigation MenusBanner Blindness Revisited: Users Dodge Ads on Mobile and DesktopMarking Required Fields in FormsUX Roadmaps: Definition and ComponentsUX vs. Service DesignTwo Tips for Better UX StorytellingOnboarding Tutorials vs. Contextual Help

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Doing UX in an Agile World: Case Study FindingsThe Roots of Minimalism in Web DesignTop 10 Enduring Web-Design MistakesFlat-Design Best PracticesQuantitative User-Research Methodologies: An OverviewThe 3-Click Rule for Navigation Is FalseJourney Mapping for Remote Teams: A Digital TemplateProblem Statements in UX DiscoveryAntipersonas: What, How, Who, and Why?UX-Research Methods: Glossary

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