Issue #187: UX Christmas and Accessibility Advent Calendar 🎁

UX Christmas and Accessibility Advent Calendar 🎁

What’s New?

Since we’re getting closer to Christmas (and further away from 2020), this week we’ve got a couple links to get you in the festive spirit:

🎅 A11y Advent Calendar – An accessibility tip a day to count down to the 25th.
🎄 UX Christmas 2020 – 1 of 11 advent calendars from Bekk Christmas, each with daily original thoughts.
👀 Meet us in the browser – Less festive, but worth a read from Figma.

And onto this week’s toolbox and articles 👇

In the Toolbox

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Projects we loved this week:

The Reading List

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User Research: Is It Worth It? →

Jordan Bowman

“No matter how talented you are as a designer, no matter how good your intuition is, no matter how well you understand design principles, you will always need tools and techniques to get there.” Jordan argues the case for better user research.

An introduction to object-oriented UX and how to do it →

Lindsay Eryn

Object Oriented UX (OOUX) is a method for structuring a problem space that emphasizes the objects – the things people interact with. Lindsay’s introduction to OOUX teaches us why well-defined leads to well-designed.

Checkbox Tree Component in Figma →

Masha S

Masha demonstrates how to use Figma Variantes and Auto Layout 3 by creating a flexible checkbox tree item component. Grab the component and explore it, or build along from scratch.

Doom Slayer UX – Analysing the onboarding experience for new players →

Maria Meireles

A deep-dive into the UX of games. After her analysis of the Xbox Passkey, Maria is back to explore the onboarding experience for new players in Doom Eternal.