@ November 1, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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So you’re a keen programmer that one day faces a problem of validating user’s email address. Sounds easy. You search Google for the best possible regular expression. After a while you end up with the following RFC-compliant best regexp ever:
@ October 28, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Last weekend, most European countries switched back from Daylight Saving Time by moving back their clocks by one hour. People in the United States will do the same on November 2. All modern software solutions adjust the time automatically. However, it turns out that the process of changing the time is not easy enough for the end-users.
@ October 20, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Are JavaScript closures important? Perform the following test in your JavaScript app. Open developer tools in your browser and paste the following in the Console: _ = jQuery = $ = undefined; Does your app still work correctly after firing this code? If the answer is no, read on.
@ August 4, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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One of the most annoying drawbacks of developing desktop and mobile apps is the inability to switch between dev and production environments. When a client tells us about a problem with the app, our developers can’t reproduce the problem using the same app that is used by the customer. Fortunately, we found a neat solution. We hard-code dev & production servers’ addresses inside the app that is released to customers. Then, depending on the platform, we use one of the tricks that tells the app to connect to the dev environment.
@ June 25, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Every product team loves big updates that all customers cheer about. But it’s important not to forget about those small changes that make your users’ lives easier. I believe good product teams should form a habit of improving the smaller parts of the app every day. That’s what we do at LiveChat over and over again.
@ June 13, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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I’ve found an interesting analysis of roller coaster’s safety systems in Theme Park Design: Behind The Scenes With An Engineer book by Steve Alcorn. It’s easy to imagine what happens when roller coaster’s breaks fail. Immediately, lots of guests are in danger. There’s no room for failure in a roller coaster car.
@ June 3, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Do you recall a situation of writing a text message to a friend and seeing the following indicator: “X is now typing…”? When most of us see this information, we stop typing and wait for the friend’s response. But so does the friend. As a result, everyone waits for the second person’s reply and nobody sends a message for a while. We noticed the same problem when our customers talked with their clients using LiveChat.
@ May 28, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Email has been with us for 20 years now, but we can still improve the way we use it with a few easy tips. Writing proper messages and maintaining clear email communication at all times gives your team a number of benefits: everyone is on the same page when discussing a topic, there’s a higher probability of inducing valuable discussion, it’s easier to get back to discussed topics after a long time. Tips mentioned in the article result from my experience gained when working with the LiveChat team. Thankfully, all of us understand that writing proper emails is important. It helps us work more efficiently and, as a result, build a better product.
@ April 25, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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Originally published on UXmatters, March 25, 2014 It’s interesting that many popular apps from the 90s are not available on the market anymore. New Internet users will never hear about RealPlayer or ICQ, products used by millions 10 years ago. I think one of the reasons why they are gone lies behind the bad user experience of their end-users. Lots of new features turned the simple and usable apps into hulking space stations.
@ April 18, 2014 by
Bartosz Olchówka
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“The devil is in the details,” people tend to say. When it comes to designing a product, it is often very true. The more attention you’ll pay to all the little things, the more pleasing your product will be.
