How To Test And Measure Content In UX How To Test And Measure Content In UX Vitaly Friedman 2025-02-13T08:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T16:04:15+00:00 Content testing is a simple way to test the clarity and understanding of the content on a page — be it a paragraph of text, a user flow, a dashboard, or anything in between. Our goal is to understand how well users actually perceive the content that we present to…
Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time Time To First Byte: Beyond Server Response Time Matt Zeunert 2025-02-12T17:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear Loading your website HTML quickly has a big impact on visitor experience. After all, no page content can be displayed until after the first chunk of the HTML has been loaded. That’s why the Time to First Byte (TTFB) metric is important: it measures…
The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling Thomas Bohm 2025-01-14T08:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T16:04:15+00:00 Illustration has been used for 10,000 years. One of the first ever recorded drawings was of a hand silhouette found in Spain, that is more than 66,000 years old. Fast forward to the introduction of the internet, around 1997, illustration has gradually increased in use. Popular examples of this are…
When it comes to building a WordPress website that doesn’t just look good today but can also hold its own tomorrow, staying power becomes paramount. For Hongkiat.com readers-web designers, developers, and creatives who value innovation-this is especially true. If a WordPress theme doesn’t look 2025-ready, doesn’t offer built-in flexibility, or hasn’t been actively maintained, it’s bound to cause headaches down the road. Whichever design or theme you choose should be…
Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results Tight Mode: Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results Geoff Graham 2025-01-09T13:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear I was chatting with DebugBear’s Matt Zeunert and, in the process, he casually mentioned this thing called Tight Mode when describing how browsers fetch and prioritize resources. I wanted to nod along like I knew what he was talking about but ultimately had to…
How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing Saad Khan 2025-01-07T14:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 This article is sponsored by Cloudways Product launches and sales typically attract large volumes of traffic. Too many concurrent server requests can lead to website crashes if you’re not equipped to deal with them. This can result in a loss of revenue…
The Importance Of Graceful Degradation In Accessible Interface Design The Importance Of Graceful Degradation In Accessible Interface Design Eleanor Hecks 2024-12-06T09:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 Graceful degradation is a design approach that ensures the basics of a website will still function even if specific individual parts of it stop working. The approach removes single points of failure: just because one thing stops working doesn’t mean the system as a whole fails. A site…
Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience Creating An Effective Multistep Form For Better User Experience Amejimaobari Ollornwi 2024-12-03T10:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T16:04:15+00:00 For a multistep form, planning involves structuring questions logically across steps, grouping similar questions, and minimizing the number of steps and the amount of required information for each step. Whatever makes each step focused and manageable is what should be aimed for. In this tutorial, we will create…
Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations Alternatives To Typical Technical Illustrations And Data Visualisations Thomas Bohm 2024-11-08T09:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T16:04:15+00:00 Good technical illustrations and data visualisations allow users and clients to, in a manner of speaking, take time out, ponder and look at the information in a really accessible and engaging way. It can obviously also help you communicate certain categories of information and data. The aim of the article…
Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website Why Optimizing Your Lighthouse Score Is Not Enough For A Fast Website Geoff Graham 2024-11-05T10:00:00+00:00 2025-02-27T15:42:00+00:00 This article is sponsored by DebugBear We’ve all had that moment. You’re optimizing the performance of some website, scrutinizing every millisecond it takes for the current page to load. You’ve fired up Google Lighthouse from Chrome’s DevTools because everyone and their uncle…