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Date: 2017/05/18

blog.uxtools.co

All The UX Prototyping Tools Ever

Adobe's answer to Sketch: a combo of design and prototyping power-packed into the same interface. Currently in beta, but rapidly evolving and preparing for a bigger release. Anima has been creating a suite of great Sketch plugins, the most recent of which is Launchpad.

medium.com

Sketch is not a UX design tool

The popular design app for Mac is a refined evolution of the "pen-and-paper simulator", but does not attempt to model user experiences. Even the people who built an entire React renderer just to be able to use Sketch for UX design are looking to switch away from it.

tympanus.net

Folder Preview Ideas

Some ideas for previewing or just playing with folders on hover. The idea is to show a little animation when hovering a folder icon and reveal some kind of preview for what's inside. Today we'd like to share some fun little hover effects with you. The idea is to show a preview animation for folders.

and.co

The Slash Workers

The future of work is independent. This study gives us the insights.

medium.com

Why your design team should hire a writer

Lately, there's been a lot of buzz about writing in design. Whether you call it UX writing, product writing, or content design, it's clear that the words in your design matter. In his 2017 Design in Tech talk, John Maeda spelled it out for us: "Words are really important because the graphics don't make sense sometimes."