The problem with tooltips, junior vs senior designers, leaving Facebook — and more UX links this…
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Published: 2019-08-31 16:22:21

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### The problem with tooltips, junior vs senior designers, leaving Facebook — and more UX links this week

#### A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

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- [**Fixing tooltips**](https://adamsilver.io/articles/the-problem-with-tooltips-and-what-to-do-instead/) →  
Problems with tooltips and what to do instead.
- [**Bottom nav**](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/08/bottom-navigation-pattern-mobile-web-pages/) →  
Better alternatives to bottom nav on mobile.
- [**Good conversation**](https://uxdesign.cc/elements-of-good-conversation-17b789c23790?source=friends_link&sk=20a8af0dc9a856693b7c5ffbdcb0403c) →  
Four essential attributes to good conversations. By [Marc Ericson Santos](https://medium.com/u/2863675bf882).


### Stories from the community

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[**Designing products users love**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-delightful-products-users-love-%EF%B8%8F-6e8c67c6c44f?source=friends_link&sk=f296cd42fee79f7d0885b42bf3c53bdb) →  
By [Florence Dairo](https://medium.com/u/236ed3de22be)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*tyTfUWlPl3G3Ftj-.jpg)

[**Designing a chair: junior vs. senior designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-a-chair-a-story-about-junior-designers-vs-senior-designers-24be40b1d2cb?source=friends_link&sk=28a34e9ec298b65d75c7fcb7514381b0) →  
By [Stan Reimgen](https://medium.com/u/84122a64a17f)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*al11zyfGwtP-NqOM.jpg)

[**Designing progress for high-expectation customers**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-progress-of-the-high-expectation-customer-33078ca8305?source=friends_link&sk=4f1f804e39d7cea088f7788c7ba47cbb) →  
By [Prachi Nain](https://medium.com/u/aa7f8bcc6be)

More top stories:

- [**Acknowledging ambiguity in UX Design and getting along with it**](https://uxdesign.cc/acknowledging-ambiguity-in-ux-design-and-getting-along-with-it-88a0a703da17?source=friends_link&sk=9351f9e98114fb102d1a3e58d5b0e68b) →  
By [Priscilla Alcalde Melo](https://medium.com/u/8c569da47c02)
- [**What’s going to happen to mobile app designers after 10 years?**](https://uxdesign.cc/whats-going-to-happen-to-the-mobile-app-designers-after-10-years-20f992ba3c30?source=friends_link&sk=994e0b35db1cf90d85019c61d7f540e0) →  
By [Johny Vino](https://medium.com/u/d31e7ef6a63c)
- [**How to sell “negative spaces” in Asia**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-sell-negative-spaces-in-asia-b213fd6fa4f7?source=friends_link&sk=d25c40832b611dbf337ea9afab9b8207) →  
By [Sandra Vu](https://medium.com/u/b7d0848b64cb)
- [**Disposable UX design**](https://uxdesign.cc/disposable-ux-design-530b2bbe48f5?source=friends_link&sk=e5dd0e6e4582692711b2e9979469fab5) →  
By [Chris Kiess](https://medium.com/u/36bb350e8f70)
- [**How to assess your research interviews**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-assess-your-research-interviews-ff5fec4af251?source=friends_link&sk=40d13c3bda764de66dc418bbdddba717) →  
By [Nikki Anderson](https://medium.com/u/e8ac30bd8165)
- [**Beware the “Design Test”**](https://uxdesign.cc/beware-the-design-test-9ba743c84b69?source=friends_link&sk=41103a66529b257ed3b04133889d5a59) →  
By [Michal Lenik](https://medium.com/u/727e78e0f388)

### News & ideas

- [**Startbucks Brand**](https://creative.starbucks.com/) →  
Starbucks has updated brand guidelines.
- [**Perfect Layout**](https://rwt.io/typography-tips/were-doing-it-wrong-there-no-one-perfect-design-or-layout) →  
We’re wrong: there is no ‘one perfect design’.
- [**Leon Sans**](https://leon-kim.com/) →  
A geometric sans-serif typeface made with code.
- [**Leaving Facebook**](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/facebook-immoral.html) →  
Do you have a moral duty to leave Facebook?

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/500/1*3kEUHAm95mzd0Wh0BydrBQ.jpeg)

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![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/500/1*yGo3kApT3ryLQ8JZkefq2Q.jpeg)<figcaption><a href="https://www.janicesung.com/">Featured work: Janice Sung</a> →</figcaption>

### Tools & resources

- [**Kerning & Ligatures**](https://johndjameson.com/blog/kerning-and-ligatures-in-letterspaced-type/) →  
Rules for letter spacing, kerning and ligatures.
- [**Progress Bar App**](https://www.progressbarosx.com/) →  
This is your life, ending one minute at a time.
- [**React Layouts**](https://react-layouts.com/) →  
Grab-and-go layouts to edit and copy the code.
- [**Figma Plugin API**](https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-built-the-figma-plugin-system/) →  
How Figma built a plugin ecosystem while also being able to sleep well at night.


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