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Scaling User experiences with Micro frontends

August 25, 2020 Aug 25, 2020 08/25/20

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Users expect software to be approachable and familiar on any device they use. Modern user experiences are cross platform spanning the web, apps, and operating systems putting users in the center.

Microsoft Design Inclusivo

July 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020 07/17/20

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O Design Inclusivo não apenas abre nossos produtos e experiências para mais pessoas com uma gama maior de habilidades como também reflete como as pessoas realmente são. Todos nós estamos evoluindo, mudando e se adaptando ao mundo ao seu redor todos os dias. Queremos que nossos projetos reflitam essa diversidade.

Microsoft Inclusive Design

July 17, 2020 Jul 17, 2020 07/17/20

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Designing for inclusivity not only opens up our products and experiences to more people with a wider range of abilities. It also reflects how people really are. All humans are growing, changing, and adapting to the world around them every day. We want our designs to reflect that diversity.

3 Reasons You Should Have Designers in Your Agile Teams

May 13, 2020 May 13, 2020 05/13/20

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The importance of having designers (user interface & user experience) skills in your agile teams.

Why are Compiled Data Bindings Important in XAML

January 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020 01/13/20

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Traditional data binding is expensive. It uses reflection and there are heavy demands on the CPU and on memory. In this post, Premier Consultant Bill Reiss explains how compiled bindings can improve performance in UWP apps.

5 User Centered Development Tactics to Start Using Today!

December 23, 2019 Dec 23, 2019 12/23/19

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With a mission to “empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more”— it’s increasingly important for Microsoft employees to have a conversation about User Centered Design4 (UCD). As developers, we are building products for people to use, so we need to ensure we are putting them at the center of it.

Accessibility at all stages: A Good-for-All SDLC approach

August 2, 2019 Aug 2, 2019 08/2/19

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Accessibility improves usability; considering accessibility reviews early-on and at all stages gives us an opportunity to not only save cycles of design, dev, and QA, but more importantly, it creates a more usable product for everyone.

The Cost of Bad UX Part 2: Improving the UI to Shrink Cost

April 3, 2019 Apr 3, 2019 04/3/19

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This example illustrates why building a better UI and caring about how your end users is so valuable. Not only can it improve their experience, but it can also save your business time and money.

The Cost of Bad UX Part 1: Putting a price on look and feel

April 3, 2019 Apr 3, 2019 04/3/19

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One thing that I’ve heard more than a few times while working in UX is that you can’t put a price on look and feel. Personally, I want to clear the air right now and say you absolutely can. It’s not hard, but it does require narrowing your focus to a particular workflow.

UX is not UI, but UI is definitely UX

January 31, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 01/31/19

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When I first joined the Premier team here at Microsoft, a lot of the work I initially did for our customers was just that – advisory front-end design work. After many discussions about how I can provide value to our customers, I started to realize that even though words likes User Experience and User Centered Design are starting to be thrown out more and more in development, very few people have a full grasp of what exactly User Experience is.

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