UX for UX

UX is a team effort — as we all know from watching Twitter transform before our eyes with a leaner team (perhaps, maybe too lean).

Whether that team is full of experts or multi-hat-wearing generalists, UX work often spreads across documents, tools, and people. We’ve seen a few seamless solutions recently that make UX/UI collaboration a delightful experience itself.

Frontitude launched today with one place for all of your product copy. The tool lets makers build a library of copy components, so they can loop in someone from legal or a copywriter into one spot and then re-use copy across the project, all while keeping designs and the codebase in sync.

Play had a strong debut in September by throwing away the idea of emulating a native app experience. The founders say Play is “the first native iOS design tool.” Makers can design with real iOS materials and experience the design as they create it on their mobile device. Designers can then easily share work to the device it was meant to be viewed on, and feedback can be left by your team.

Overflow is a diagramming tool for designers but its latest launch, Stories, helps those designers create self-guided tours of their designs to better present their work asynchronously. Tours let your add context into an interactive, self-paced presentation.

Ballpark came from the team at Marvel after interest in its user testing features took off. It lets you capture feedback on Figma and Marvel prototypes, designs, and marketing copy as you survey users. Features include a simple survey builder with templates, heatmaps, the ability to add context to questions/tasks with video guides, and stats like drop-off rates.

New to UX? You can start off with this collection of 100 UI/UX tips to make your interface better.

• World Cup 2022 Score Predictor brings the games to your Slack channels.
• AgreeTo lets people share their availability easily in plain text, instead of sending meeting links.
• SaaS Video Script Templates has ideas for software demos, explainers, how-to videos, and more.
• Privegard helps creators track and stop illegal distribution of their work.