The professional UI and UX designers have been turning up with new ideas and concepts while developing their web projects – be it a website or a mobile app. They keep themselves updated with the latest tools and technologies with the ultimate goal to provide rich experiences to the web visitors. And to achieve this, they are using prototyping tools in their web design and development toolkit. These tools make it easy to plan and structure different aspects of a site or an app quickly and efficiently.

You must be thinking that why prototyping tools play a crucial role in web design? To answer this question, we bring you this blog post where we will understand the meaning of prototype and explore the 20 prototyping tools that will improve the UI and UX of your web project. Read more…

The UI and the UX designers are the expert professionals who create the overall presentation style of any of the web solutions that make the use of these solutions easy and simple to understand. The user feels comfortable in using the product. The entire credit for this goes to these designers who make the use of the products satisfying and appealing.

For making this complex job happen, they make use of certain prototyping tools. The top 18 of them have been discussed here. Read more…

This is easily one of the most done-to-death topics in the good old web universe. This question is directed at all practicing web designers and developers or even app developers: How many times has the client or user told you that the UI of the app or front end of the website does not appeal to them? Depending upon your experience, you probably have lost count and that is alright in this case. No one can deny the importance a user friendly interface has on a project be it an app or a website.

The reason why this is being written is because professionals in all degrees have had trouble in nailing down the kind of design they want on their UX Read more…

In this ever-changing virtual world, it has become mandatory for web developers to find out the latest and trendy ways to enhance the overall look of their websites. Web development, a decade ago, was just a simple static display, but now it has turned out to be more dynamic with the emergence of new technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and some other breakthrough in the field of web development. Earlier the trend was focusing on media capabilities but now the trend has totally shifted to better usability and aesthetics.

Generally predictions are tough and when it comes to an industry which is changing with the blink of an eye, it is really going to be a challenging task. Well, we have now stepped into the New Year 2013 and why don’t we go out on a limb and make some predictions on web development trends for 2013? Certain things are arguable while others are irrefutable. Who knows what is going to be in and what is going to be out from the trend list 2013. The top web development trends that could make their way in 2013 are: Read more…

Website validation and testing are both important processes we must conduct before putting any website online. By validation, we can check our website against standards and requirements published by Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) or WapForum. This necessary process is to verify the correctness and quality of webpage code to ensure that the page is working properly with nice appearance.

Additionally, we should also conduct a series of fundamental tests such as browser compatibility, page load speed and simulating as a first time visitor or repeated visitor to determine the user friendliness of the site. In today’s post, we’ve compiled a list of highly useful online tools for validating and testing your website in an easy way. Enjoy! Read more…

Website usability testing is one of the important online publishing strategies allowing you to effectively scan and identify which are the critical issues to be addressed in your web publication. It can improve the effective use, legibility, navigation, and user experience of your website. In this article you can find both the best free and paid versions of website usability testing tools available out there.

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