A common inquiry to Gartner is often phrased as: “Users complain that our website is hard to use. What design firms can make a better-looking site?” Or, they say: “Our CEO thinks our employee portal looks ugly. What do other organizations use as a user interface (UI) style?” Check out this slideshare which outlines 7 things you can do to Simplify your UX without compromising design

1. Without Compromising Design
By Megan Wilson, Lead Author UXMotel

2.  One of the most common user complaints is
that the site or software is too difficult to use.

3.  “Our CEO thinks our employee portal looks
ugly. What do other organizations use as a
user interface (UI) style?”
 “Users complain that our website is hard to
use. What design firms can make a better-
looking site?”

6. one of the most detrimental and
common UX misconceptions is
“believing that design is only
about adding features, rather
than carefully removing them”.

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