A Bad User Interface Is Like A Scary Receptionist
Picture yourself visiting a business office for the first time and then imagine a really grumpy receptionist behind the reception desk. Stunned (and slightly afraid) by what you see, you…
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The Importance of Fixing User Experience (UX) Issues Before These Issues Cost You Customers
The word on the ‘digital street’ is that User experience (UX) is now the most important part of any website or app. One top group of pundits / experts, the…
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Things Not To Do When Designing a Website
Many people assume that website design is a piece of cake, but when you look a bit deeper it soon becomes apparent that if you want a website that is…
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A Definition of User Interface (UI) Design and User Experience (UX)
So What is User Interface (UI) Design? The goal for any user interface designer is to create interfaces (for software or machines – a good example being a website or…
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There is an old saying about first impressions and how important they are, but there is more to it when you dig deeper. For example, if you go back to…
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The Keys To Creating The Perfect User Experience
Logic v Emotions Most people can apply a degree of logic when it comes to using technology, be this a website, mobile phone or a fridge, but besides triggering the…
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The term “User Experience (UX)” is perhaps the latest top term to do the rounds on the Web, one reason being that as just about every business area is getting…
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The Perfect Approach to Creating the Very Best User Experience
Defining the Scope of the Project Before you can start to design the perfect interface you have to decide what you are trying to achieve and what approach you wish…
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The latest area to come under the spotlight is that of the User Interface (UI for short) Design. One reason for this is that Google is now giving ‘points’ to…
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Conversational User Interfaces and Rosetta Stones
As mentioned on an earlier post, one of the hot topics in web design today is that of improving the User Interface and thus the User Experience, both critical areas,…
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Creating the Perfect User Interface and Experience
The World is always changing, new vogues coming and going over the years, although possibly it all happens a lot faster on the web , this due in part to…
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One Thing Per Page can Increase Conversions
It is always a great idea for a website to have a ‘purpose’, in fact it is a perquisite for any site that can ever be truly said to be…
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It comes as no surprise to know that keeping your website up to date means you have to do a lot more than just moving a few words about on…
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Why Does My Business Need a Website?
Does My Business Need a Website? There are many small businesses up and down the UK that don’t have a website and assume that they don’t need one. Maybe you’re…
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SEO and Website Design
At Rouge we are proud to be amongst the small number of web design firms that understand that Search Engine Optimisation, whilst being vitally important for any business that wants…
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WordPress Agency London – Web Design and Content Repurposing
Rouge is a Digital Design Agency specialising in all forms of digital creativity, serving the whole of the UK, but especially London and the South East / Central UK. One…
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10 Ways That Web Design can Increase Conversion Rates
When any business invests in a web site and the associated marketing, it needs that website to be able to convert visitors to customers. Of course the definition of a…
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Seven Ways Content Marketing Can Boost SEO
Content marketing is known to be an effective way of increasing traffic, and getting those all important leads and sales, but it also helps to improve the rankings on Google…
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At Rouge we build websites that work, by which we mean they convert visitors to customers or impart the information that the website ‘s owners want others to have. But…
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Strategic SEO Decisions to Make Before Website Design is Started
What a great post we found here, it being a subject very close to our hearts and not one every web designer gives enough attention to in our view. The…
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