Usability

Dark Patterns

Dark Patterns

  • Web development

Dark Patterns are all over the internet – on shopping sites, email platforms, download portals, search engines, social networks, and so on. But their goal is always the same: to coerce visitors into buying a particular product or click on a link. If you want to find out more about Dark Patterns and how they manipulate the user experience (UX), continue reading.

Dark Patterns
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Screen Readers

  • Web development

Many blind and visually impaired people use powerful tools and software to operate computers and use the internet. Screen readers are particularly important, since they can read text content and facilitate navigation. For this to happen, it is important for web content to be as accessible as possible – otherwise it cannot always be read correctly. We explain how screen readers work exactly and…

Screen Readers
Optimize Website Navigation

Optimize Website Navigation

  • Web design

Want to make your website more attractive for customers? With a well thought out website navigation structure and a few basic optimizations, you can win plus points not just with users, but also with search engines. A good overview, an appealing design, and useful content will all go a long way towards making your website the first port of call for your target group. Here you can find out how this…

Optimize Website Navigation
User Experience Design

User Experience Design

  • Web design

User experience design is becoming more and more important among web designers and software developers: a good user experience (UX) is now the goal as well as the standard for serious websites and software. But what exactly is UX design? It is often difficult to define due to the many related terms, such as user interface (UI). Read everything you need to know about user experience design and get…

User Experience Design
Reading habits on the Web

Reading habits on the Web

  • Web design

When it comes to content design, trends are always moving forward. Long-established patterns in the offline world have moved into the digital age and evolved into a whole new way of reading web pages. In both conveying and consuming information, our online behavior has changed our communication and reading habits. Online content is now scanned rather than read word-for-word. These developments…

Reading habits on the Web
How to create a photo gallery

How to create a photo gallery

  • Web design

Multimedia content is an integral part of the internet. From images to GIFs to videos – without engaging visual elements, websites become dull, gray blocks of text, and web stores would be nothing but an endless list of product descriptions. Image galleries are a popular way of presenting graphics and images clearly on to a web project. With some simple HTML, it’s easy to create a basic Lightbox…

How to create a photo gallery
Graphical User Interface

Graphical User Interface

  • Web design

User interface is one of the most important keywords in modern web design and software development. Graphical user interfaces are currently relevant for both disciplines. Besides these, there are also numerous other interfaces — ranging from voice user interfaces to brain-computer interfaces. These interfaces enable interactions to take place between man and machine. Here, we provide an overview…

Graphical User Interface
Breadcrumb navigation and its advantages

Breadcrumb navigation and its advantages

  • Web design

Breadcrumb navigation helps visitors on your site to better navigate its structure, using selected filters or parent categories. It makes it easier for users to go back one or more steps. In this article, we explain what breadcrumb navigation is, why it is important for a good user experience, and how to implement breadcrumbs ideally in your website.

Breadcrumb navigation and its advantages
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Landing Pages

  • Website creation

Successful online marketing is based on taking various measures for acquiring customers. One of the most important tools is the landing page. Landing pages direct users from the search results list or from an advertising banner specifically to a commercial offer that can be used immediately. With well-placed interactive elements, good landing pages encourage users to carry out transactions and…

Landing Pages
Sitemaps

Sitemaps

  • Website creation

Sitemaps belong to the standard features of a website, but they seem to be gradually disappearing from the World Wide Web. Some online presences hide the navigation file or even forgo it completely. We explain why search engines like Google still give sitemaps a lot of attention, how important sitemaps are for SEO as a result, and how you can create sitemaps yourself – manually or with a sitemap…

Sitemaps
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