About The UX Shop
The UX Shop is a practice library for UX practitioners, product designers, and development teams. We maintain practical guidance on user experience principles, document common interaction patterns, and provide lightweight tools that support design workflows.
What this site offers
This collection grew from notes, checklists, and reference materials that proved useful across many projects. Rather than keeping them scattered, we've organized them here where they can be referenced, improved, and shared.
Guides cover foundational UX concepts and specific techniques. Each guide aims to be practical and actionable, with clear steps you can apply to your own work. Topics range from UX fundamentals to accessibility testing to performance considerations for designers.
Patterns document common interaction patterns with implementation considerations, accessibility requirements, and examples. The forms pattern library, for instance, covers input types, validation approaches, and error handling across different contexts.
Tools are simple, client-side utilities for common design tasks. The heuristic review checklist helps structure usability evaluations. The content audit template supports content inventory work. These tools run entirely in your browser—no data leaves your device.
Linear is a precision measurement tool for checking spacing, alignment, and layout consistency. It's particularly useful during design QA and development handoff. Learn more on the Linear overview page.
Editorial approach
We include content that meets a few criteria:
- Practical utility: Can someone apply this to their work today?
- Relative stability: Is this guidance likely to remain relevant?
- Broad applicability: Does this apply across different project types?
We deliberately avoid trend-driven content that may not age well. Instead, we focus on fundamentals and patterns that have proven useful across many projects and years.
When guidance might vary by context, we note the considerations rather than prescribing a single approach. Design decisions depend on constraints we can't know, so we aim to inform rather than dictate.
How content gets updated
Content is reviewed and updated periodically based on:
- Changes to relevant standards (WCAG, platform guidelines)
- Feedback from practitioners using the materials
- Patterns that emerge from industry practice
- Corrections to errors or unclear explanations
The changelog tracks significant updates. Each guide and pattern page notes when it was last reviewed.
Suggesting changes
If you find an error, have a suggestion, or want to propose a topic, you can reach us at hello@theuxshop.com. We read everything, though we can't promise to implement every suggestion.
Particularly welcome:
- Error corrections (technical errors, broken examples)
- Clarity improvements (confusing explanations, missing context)
- Missing considerations (accessibility gaps, edge cases)
- Pattern suggestions (common patterns not yet documented)
We maintain a focused collection rather than trying to cover everything. Some valid suggestions won't make it in because they fall outside the scope we can reasonably maintain. That's not a judgment on the suggestion's value—just a recognition of practical limits.
Using these materials
The content here is meant to be used. Reference it in your documentation, share links with colleagues, use the checklists in your reviews. If you're adapting content for internal use, a link back is appreciated but not required.
The tools and checklists are designed to be printed or used digitally. We've tested them at common paper sizes and ensured they work well without color.
Accessibility commitment
We aim to make this site accessible to everyone. The site is designed to work with screen readers, keyboard navigation, and various assistive technologies. We test against WCAG 2.1 Level AA criteria.
If you encounter accessibility barriers, please let us know at hello@theuxshop.com. We'll work to address issues promptly.
The UX Shop is maintained by a small team of UX practitioners. We focus on the content rather than self-promotion, so you won't find extensive bios or social media links here.
We review content on a rolling basis. Core guides are reviewed at least annually. Pattern documentation is updated when platform changes warrant it. The changelog tracks all significant updates.
We're not currently accepting external contributions directly, but we do incorporate feedback and suggestions. If you have expertise to share, send us an email and we'll consider it for future updates.
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For technical issues, content errors, or accessibility problems, email hello@theuxshop.com. Please include the page URL and a description of the issue.