Showing 7 to 12 of 17 blog posts by Basia Coulter.
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White Space Explained
What White Space Is In the context of web design, white space (or negative space) is the space around and between elements on a page. To non-designers, it may seem unnecessary o... Read more
October 30, 2017 -
User-Centered Navigation Design
Designing navigation that will support the needs of website users is one of the more important aspects of site usability. At Caktus we practice iterative, user-centered navigati... Read more
October 9, 2017 -
From User Story Mapping to High-Level Release Plan
At Caktus, we begin many projects with a discovery workshop. A discovery workshop is an opportunity for our product team to get together with client stakeholders in order to ans... Read more
July 31, 2017 -
Product Discovery Part 2: From User Contexts to Solutions
In the first installment of this two-part series, I introduced product discovery as the process of building a shared understanding about the product between stakeholders and the... Read more
April 19, 2017 -
Product Discovery Part 1: Getting Started
When setting out to build a new website or web application, it is a good idea to build a shared understanding of the product between stakeholders and the product team. Through r... Read more
April 17, 2017 -
Opening External Links: Same Tab or New?
The Debate My teammates and I recently engaged in a spirited debate over whether outbound links (links to external websites) should open in the same or in a new tab. “Same tab” ... Read more
March 1, 2017