New features and API’s in iOS 15 that will improve accessibility on iPhone. Accessibility was an important topic during this year’s WWDC, with 9 sessions on the topic, the biggest number yet. The Apple Watch received the biggest update of all platforms, with AssistiveTouch support. …

I’m sorry to break it to you, UX designer, but your job title is horrible. I feel very passionate about the misuse of the term UX design, let me tell you why. What is UX? First, let’s take a look at the definition: UX or User Experience encompasses all aspects of the end-users…

2020 is finally over, time to look back on everything that happened. It was a rough year, but we’ll focus on the positive things. It has been incredible for product design tools and our planet became a bit more digital with more working from home and family parties over Zoom…

Apple introduced iOS 15 with quite minor visual changes, but the biggest visual and conceptual change in the OS is probably Safari. It will get a brand new interface on iPhones, iPads and Macs. Let’s go through everything new and design changes you need to know about. — Redesign and new interactions Safari got a big redesign on all Apple Platforms, but the iOS version might have gotten the biggest one. The Tab Bar (search bar) has been moved to the bottom of the screen for easier access. …

WWDC week, the most wonderful time of the year for Apple enthusiasts, designers and developers. During a difficult year, Apple delivered big time on new features across all of their operating systems. Let’s go over all the changes, new features and APIs that are interesting for product designers and design…

This article is mostly focused on iPads, but the same principles can be applied to Android tablets. — The responsive web has been around for quite a while. The goal is easy, make your website adapt to different screen sizes so you don’t have to build a separate mobile, tablet, and desktop version. …

On June 22, 2020 Apple previewed iOS 14 for the first time. As always there are quite some changes you should know about as a product designer like widgets, pickers, app clips, permissions and more. Let’s start with widgets… Widgets Widgets have been a part of iOS for a few years…

Back in January, which seems like ages ago, I gave a talk at Ghent Inclusive Design Meetup about creating inclusive digital products. I talked about using native components to make your digital products more inclusive, because often come packed with a lot of accessibility features. I’m not going to go…

What it’s like to be a Product Designer at In The Pocket UX designer, visual designer, digital designer, interaction designer, information architect, user interface designer, web designer, … This is just a small set of titles designers use to introduce themselves, at In The Pocket we chose to consistently use…