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Repetitive ... useless ... information. How much does "My daughter loved the gift. Sue K., Topeka" add to your impression of an offer or product?
It's non trivial. If you heard someone liked it, you're more likely to buy it.
Facebook and Instagram use carousels for their Stories feature. Google uses carousels for News stories and product results. Are they the exception and if so, why? Or are they not aware of the user data?
A few things to note, at least about the Instagram stories: 1. It's primarily mobile, by far. 2. The story is the only thing on the screen and the entire experience is focused on it. 3. You can hold down the story to prevent it from continuing onto the next one for the duration of your hold.
It's the classic false economy you're saving vertical space, but nobody wants to scroll your carousels, or wait for it to transition. It's always easier to just scroll down the page, especially on mobile. Apps like Instagram have a standard carousel for photo albums and people use them and can trust the functionality. But most websites have varying implementations of carousels, with weird functionality (autoplay, tra…
"Apps like Instagram have a standard carousel for photo albums" Yeah, but that only applies to users who are used to Instagram. It's definitely not an INTUITIVE feature. I've had friends and family link me to Instagram posts, and though I've learned now, for a long time they'd have to explicitly mention there were additional pictures in the post, or I'd miss them. (I don't know if it's different in the app, but certa…
With websites, every implementation is slightly different... so user's get that confusing "first time experience" every single new website they visit...
It's the classic false economy you're saving vertical space, but nobody wants to scroll your carousels, or wait for it to transition. It's always easier to just scroll down the page, especially on mobile. Apps like Instagram have a standard carousel for photo albums and people use them and can trust the functionality. But most websites have varying implementations of carousels, with weird functionality (autoplay, tra…
"Apps like Instagram have a standard carousel for photo albums" Yeah, but that only applies to users who are used to Instagram. It's definitely not an INTUITIVE feature. I've had friends and family link me to Instagram posts, and though I've learned now, for a long time they'd have to explicitly mention there were additional pictures in the post, or I'd miss them. (I don't know if it's different in the app, but certa…
It is 153% the case that mobile user experience is almost entirely happened during the epoch when helping your user understand how to use the app rates second, and keeping some hidden features for expert users rates highly (the feeling of being a power user since you know some features others don't - making the user feel a little bit loyal to your app).
So if it's not perfectly discoverable, that's probable something the designers are happy with.
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i would absolutely HATE if navigation started itself after i selected the address after some time. I'm forgetful when it comes to short term memory, and it would annoy me deeply.
It's surely better than Google's Maps approach. They make Maps crash while you're driving on the freeway, so you say "Okay Google, start directions home" and it says "Would you like me to start directions home? We know you're driving at bone crushing speeds on a road you've never been on in a country you're not entirely familiar with. Just look at your phone screen and find the button and crash into the side of the f…
Clever move to make the slide transition timeout juuust a tad too fast to read, further driving home the point that carousels are a shit way to present information.
Here's my counter argument to that site. Big eCommerce sites will test and optimize every pixel and if something doesn't work, they'll replace it with something better. Now, go find a list of the top ten eCommerce sites and I'll bet at least 50% have a carousel on the home page. Google's first search result gave me Amazon, eBay, Walmart Target, Etsy, Best Buy, Macys, The Home Depot,Wish and Craigslist. Only four don'…
Define "better".
A carousel might cause some users to buy more, but others to get annoyed and frustrated.
Yes, but carousels are rarely added because they provide a good UX. They are added because motion draws attention and attention sells. Let's say you have 3 big sales going on on your site: do you put them next to each other so visitors can see all three right away? If so, congratulations, you are a moral person. But marketing people aren't (/s) and they know that if the visitor sees the word SALE just as it slides aw…
Microsoft.com has two on the homepage right now.
From what I can remember, Apple.com never had a carousel. Microsoft.com has two on the homepage right now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170228232206/http://www.apple....