A dark pattern is “a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying overpriced insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills” Wikipedia Most dark patterns follow the definition above, they’re there to trick you into doing something. Think Ryanair around 2011. Those £5 flights end up being £50 […]
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A true mobile app is a significant investment in both time and money and might not always be the best option for your business, or your customers.
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Coming into the final post in this series, we look at how overloading users prevents them from making choices, and how willpower can impact what choices a person makes. You don’t have to read Part 1 and Part 2 first but some of the jokes might not make sense. Choice Overload When you’re encouraging someone
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This is part 2 of a series, read part 1 here (you don’t have to but some of the jokes might not make sense). Priming Priming has a great impact on the choices we make and can make us fall victim to stereotype threat and other biases. Think about it, if you’re constantly told that
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We’re making decisions every day. Hundreds of them. And for every single one that we make, there’s a reason behind it (even if we don’t know what that reason is). A lot of the time, the reasons behind our choices are ingrained in bias that we have developed over the years. There are multiple types
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Falling under the “its 2019 and I can’t believe we’re still having to say this” category, I really can’t believe we’re still having to say this but… Accessibility isn’t optional Me – all the time. The legislation In the UK, accessibility of a website is kinda required by law. The Equality Act (2010) makes it
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Accessibility is one of those things you got taught at uni. You sat through the same tired lecture about door-frames which were too narrow, teapots which didn’t pour properly, and how colourblind people can’t tell the difference between red and green. What didn’t seem to get covered much, was actually how to *do* accessibility. So
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Tesco Extra is a large and daunting place. This irritated me recently on my hunt for delicious delicious Harissa Paste. I said in the last posts that I would upload some pretty(ish) looking designs for the idea I had so here you all go. Not to go into too much detail but the idea behind
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Update: For those of you coming here after searching for ‘harissa tesco aisle’ – check in the Morrocan section. In my store, it was beside the Mexican stuff. I hate doing the weekly shop. I’m lucky enough to live in a city where there are four 24 hour Tescos within a 10-minute drive of my
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Because it makes you money.
No seriously, I know hiring people costs money, and potentially increasing development time costs money. But nothing is more expensive than bad design. And I’m not just talking about something that doesn’t look great, I’m talking about things which don’t work.
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