This weeks useful articles

Here are a few insightful articles on things to continue to consider when designing a website.

• This Is How Facebook Came Up With News Feed Redesign
  

  In any redesign process, it’s hard to predict what exactly people will end up liking. Sure, you can do informational interviews and use feedback to create a better experience, but sometimes you just have to get crafty to uncover a few surprising things users want that they don’t even know they want.

• The 5 Worst UX Mistakes Websites Make
  

  The user experience of websites has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but there are still sites out there that may leave you asking, “What were they thinking?!”

  From a design perspective, it’s easy to get caught up in internal squabbles (“No, no, THIS is the content that has to be front and center”) or distracted by tools or methods (“I say we use lean UX on this project”). When this happens, we often forget that at the end of it all waits a person who wasn’t in on all these decisions, and just wants to get the information they need, buy the product or be entertained for five minutes while waiting for the train.

  In the hopes it will help us all avoid these pitfalls, here’s a list of the five worst UX mistakes that people still make in website design.