Jonathan Shariat on the tragic impact of bad UX design
A talk with Jonathan Shariat, a Silicon-Valley based director of product & design. Most conversations about the value of user experience (UX) are in relation to what we can get from it: Supercharge conversions! Boost repeat business! Increase form completion rates! These things aren’t actually
Jared M. Spool explains design as "the rendering of intent." Simply put, this is when the designer imagines an outcome and puts forth activities to make that outcome real.
Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities - Axess Lab
“If you have a disability, what’s the hardest thing about browsing the web?” The answers to Safia Abdalla’s tweet are truly eye-opening and shows us what web accessibility should really be about. Photo: Francis Clarke for Wikimedia The tweet that started it all i'm curious to know: if you have a disability, what's the hardest […]
App That Allows Parents to Spy on Teens Leaked Thousands of Passwords
TeenSafe, a service used by parents to monitor the online behaviors and phone activity of their children, allowed tens of thousands of accounts to leak online after failing to properly secure their servers.
Dark Patterns and Aggressive Persuasion - 3 Reasons to Avoid!
Many have argued that the use of dark patterns and aggressive persuasion in web design is unethical. But what about from a purely business perspective?
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