Tag: UX

How Pinterest prevented me “acting a fool”

As a student, I had a thing about building a library of art books that looked cool (and I would occasionally thumb through them for inspiration). So quite a lot of money went into building up my bookshelf. I would always buy art books, especially if they were discounted. Once, I bought the same book… Continue reading How Pinterest prevented me “acting a fool”

Would anyone care if I posted this? (app prototype)

Inspired by a post on Designtaxi I created a quick prototype using the content from their infograph. Idea is that it would force the user to answer a series of questions before they were allowed to post anything to facebook. The problem I see with this is that the “yes” and “no” options are in the… Continue reading Would anyone care if I posted this? (app prototype)

Future15

The collaboration between Studio Output and Engage Productions focuses on cutting-edge creative ideas and innovative technology that we’ll see break into the mainstream over the course of the 2015. Demo virtual reality, projection mapping and imaging, robotics, Oculus Rift, 3d printing, wearable tech, Google Glass, gestural technologies, large format touch screen, 4k screens, holograms and… Continue reading Future15

Self Assessment UX

On completing the self assessment late last year I noticed that they gave an option to receive further updates via email, or continue to receive communication via post.   Safety first The number of phishing, junk and spam mails received these days would make it easy for a user to miss a legitimate email. I… Continue reading Self Assessment UX

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Long survey? keep the user going by reminding them of the incentive

Half way through filling out a survey I got a bit bored. The effort involved seemed to high. I was half way to closing the browser window when part way through I received a reminder of the possible advantage of staying the course. A reminder to keep on going Well what do you know, I was… Continue reading Long survey? keep the user going by reminding them of the incentive

Brazilian election, designed to avoid user error whilst voting

Listening to the news recently, they were discussing the advanced electronic voting system being used in the Brazilian election. Instead of casting votes on paper where the user might accidentally tick the wrong box, and accidentally select a candidate that they didn’t want to they introduced a system where the user chooses 13 for one candidate… Continue reading Brazilian election, designed to avoid user error whilst voting

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I’m not going to read all that. I’m only going to ctrl+f and find the information I want

As we become more and more time precious, or rather less likely to pay attention for too long, I can imagine that many users have employed the same technique as I do when I feel that there is information on a page that I need, but it is surrounded by junk copy. As an example… Continue reading I’m not going to read all that. I’m only going to ctrl+f and find the information I want

Ryanair’s still at it with their dark patterns

Most travellers on low cost airlines are used to jumping through hoops when booking online, in order to avoid paying for things they didn’t want such as car rental and travel insurance. Ryanair famously used several dark patterns in order to increase their revenue. Fairly recently Ryanair updated their site, and on the face of it,… Continue reading Ryanair’s still at it with their dark patterns