Thoughts

Our thoughts, ideas, news and views that make us passionate about customer experience.

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The UX Toolbox - Usability Testing

8 January 2018

Usability testing is one of the most important and long-established techniques in the UX toolbox ... and thus a great place for us to start with new series of UX Toolbox techniques.

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Sleep Out Success

14 December 2017

The User Vision team joined the 8,000 strong crowd who experienced what it is like to sleep out in the park on a cold (-6°!) winters night. The aim? To raise as much money as possible in order to eradicate homelessness in Scotland.

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What a wonderful WUD!

23 November 2017

Two weeks have elapsed and I think the whole team has just about recovered from another, wonderful World Usability Day (WUD) event.

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7 (updated) principles for interaction design

16 October 2017

Although first published almost 20 years ago, Jakob Nielsen’s 10 general principles for interaction design are still incredibly useful and relevant in the field of interaction design.

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ASOS visual search: A new way to look for clothes online?

20 September 2017

ASOS have a new visual search tool. Does it provide the user experience we’ve come to expect from this retailer?

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Bringing the conversation back to banking

12 September 2017

The arrival of the digital age has disrupted the retail banking industry and changed the relationship between us and our banks.

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Q&A session with Gerry McGovern

13 April 2017

Prior to our upcoming Top Tasks Masterclasses in Edinburgh and London, Gerry McGovern recently took the time to have a Q&A session with us to give an insight into the history behind Top Tasks, the methodology and lots more.

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The rise of conversational interfaces – Part 3

13 April 2017

Throughout our blog series (read part one and part two) on conversational interfaces, we’ve looked at the rapid growth of instant messaging; how the interfaces work and touched on why brands are adopting them.

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The rise of conversational interfaces – Part 2

11 April 2017

As we saw in last week’s blog post, SMS and instant messaging offer a simple and intuitive method for people to communicate quickly with friends, family, or even the local handyman.

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The rise of conversational interfaces

6 April 2017

2016 was full of hype – and all the talk around conversational interfaces and chatbots replacing apps and websites was no exception.

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