User Experience

  • Dark Pattern at Quora.com

    The Email from Quora So as usual Quora does, i got an email, if i can answer “X” question because i answered “Y” related question, years ago. I clicked on it with the intention to unsubscribe. When i clicked on the link, i was auto-logged in. Hmm… that was smart and efficient. I don’t have…

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  • An Example of Honest Cookie Consent Form Just came across this user consent form. Asking for consent is so common these days but rarely do the companies make it honest. This design by @UsabilityGeek is just right, even the defaults are set to off. To execute a good design, you need intent.  #design

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  • A walk down the memory lane at Microsoft explaining how Widows 95 UX was designed. Worth a read.   Designing Windows 95’s User Interface  

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  • The “Morality Of Manipulation” Only Exists On A Spectrum From “Highly Immoral” to “Absolutely, Relentlessly Evil.” An argument on the moral implications and the regulation in use of Psychology to manipulate users to have them complete / repeat a desired outcome. https://hackernoon.com/the-complete-moral-bankruptcy-of-manipulating-human-psychology-to-turn-users-into-addicts-d09b98281ef?token=TCPWvHKaC6sQrLis

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  • You are browsing Twitter.com and see an interesting image.  So you just click on the image / media to view it larger. As you can see in the image, the size is 503 pixels by 510 pixels, above screen-shot was taken in Full Screen mode.

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