Eduard Kuric is the Head of the UX Research Department and the Founder of UXtweak. He has close personal experience with both design and use of UX research tools and access to broad usability research datasets. Ed is also a researcher and lecturer at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava with a background in user modeling, human-computer interaction, intelligent user interfaces, and machine learning.
Five-second testing is a popular method of usability research used in the industry, yet in essence, its core belief boils down to virtually a superstition. Eduard Kuric looks under the hood at how first impressions are affected by various factors and how UX researchers and product owners can ensure that the user’s first steps can get off on the right foot.
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The problem of how to design an effective toggle button that shows the selected option clearly is a long-term open question among UI/UX designers. In this second part, Eduard Kuric explains a complex list of visual cues used by toggle buttons to communicate which of their options is active.
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In this first part of a two-part article, Eduard Kuric analyzes the characteristics of effective toggle buttons that make it error-proof and prevent confusion and frustration of users.
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