The web safe area

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Quick win Start webdesign by selecting the most likely platform for your app/site, and create a design for that first. Find the lowest resolution with more than 3% market share on the said platform. Find the minimum viewport size in that case. The most commonly used web safe area is 980×500px.

The Golden Ratio in UX Design

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Quick win If you are looking for the most pleasing proportion between two things you should start with the golden ration (they can be anything from paddings on websites to proportions of buildings). In UX design we can live with the rough estimate of 1.618 for this irrational number.

Talk at Simonyi Conference X. [Budapest, Hungary]

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Kaizen-UX design – the future of User Experience On Tuesday, 16 April 2013 I will be speaking at the 10th edition of the Simonyi Conference, hosted by the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME, aka. Műszaki Egyetem). [This is a keynote speech in Hungarian, translation might be provided by the organisers.]

Speech at Superweek 2013 [Galya-teto, Hungary]

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Reinventing UX Design – Daily is the title of my #spwk speech. On the 24th of January, 2013, starting at 4PM: I will show how (and why) to change hit-and-forget UX design into a kaizen-like approach. SUPERWEEK 2013 is held on a beautiful moutaintop, in the highest-lying 4 star hotel in Hungary, the Hunguest Grandhotel… Read more »

Speech and Workshop at Superweek 2012 [Sinaia, Romania]

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On 23rd of October, 2012 I will speak and host a workshop at Superweek 2012. My speech will be starting at 10:30, and the workshop from 16:00. (Both have a 30 minute length.) The venue is stunning: Sinaia is known as the Pearl of the Carpathian Mountains, the former royal residence of the Romanian kings.