The Psychology of Design
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The Psychology of Design
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#2Random bold text and over use of emoji is not my kind of thing.
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#3I like this. The information section is a good checklist of reminders. I'm sure much of this comes naturally to an everyday designer. However, to someone who dapples in UX periodically, this is helpful.
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#4I really have a hard time with people who insist on framing UX design like some kind of social science that guarantees great design and meaningful experiences. This is yet another guide on design “laws” and “proven techniques” coming from the a single vendor, this time growth.design, using Design Thinking business jargon to add more faux legitimacy to their consultancy work.
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#5I can’t trust this article and instantly turned off by the excessive use of Emojis. You might argue - what’s the problem? I’d say, what’s the need! Do they add any value? Why combine semiological characters with an otherwise perfectly fine and widely accepted English orthography? Are they accessible? Is there a emotion being conveyed? Why add cognitive load? Is the design severely broken or dysfunctional without Emojis? Are you able to write well and convincingly without using Emojis as a crutch? Is there an ambiguity where emotional importance can make or break the central arguments being presented in text?
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#6I can’t trust this article and instantly turned off by the excessive use of Emojis. You might argue - what’s the problem? I’d say, what’s the need! Do they add any value? Why combine semiological characters with an otherwise perfectly fine and widely accepted English orthography? Are they accessible? Is there a emotion being conveyed? Why add cognitive load? Is the design severely broken or dysfunctional without Emoj…
> You might argue - what’s the problem?
Bad design, that's the problem. It severely hinders reading.
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#8I can’t trust this article and instantly turned off by the excessive use of Emojis. You might argue - what’s the problem? I’d say, what’s the need! Do they add any value? Why combine semiological characters with an otherwise perfectly fine and widely accepted English orthography? Are they accessible? Is there a emotion being conveyed? Why add cognitive load? Is the design severely broken or dysfunctional without Emoj…
Perhaps you're not a visual person. Words are great, but attention is finite and conveying meaning and nuance solely using the written word is hard (see Hacker News comments generally - mine included!). Pictograms, diagrams and even emoji's if used well can convey more with less. This site is perhaps a bit over the top, but (at time of writing) 1/4 of the comments are positive, so it's clearly of value to some (one is questioning the validity of UX, the other is just an opinion).
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#9I can’t trust this article and instantly turned off by the excessive use of Emojis. You might argue - what’s the problem? I’d say, what’s the need! Do they add any value? Why combine semiological characters with an otherwise perfectly fine and widely accepted English orthography? Are they accessible? Is there a emotion being conveyed? Why add cognitive load? Is the design severely broken or dysfunctional without Emoj…
Perhaps you're not a visual person. Words are great, but attention is finite and conveying meaning and nuance solely using the written word is hard (see Hacker News comments generally - mine included!). Pictograms, diagrams and even emoji's if used well can convey more with less. This site is perhaps a bit over the top, but (at time of writing) 1/4 of the comments are positive, so it's clearly of value to some (one i…
To conclude that pictograms are useless from my comment is not reading it incorrectly. Pictograms are incredibly useful in everyday life - from road signs to warning labels. A good book on this topic is Semiology of Graphics by Jacques Berkin and the classic 1936 book on International Pictographical Language which is what ISO 7001 standard is based on.
To clarify again, I do not at all mean that pictograms are useless. Emojis are very useful in conveying emotions. Adding them as bullet points is decoration. I like Emojis in conversations and instant messages.
I suggest reading long forms of text with emojis, I think they're an impedence. If I were to put a bet, Emojis mixed in long form articles would be severely more difficult to read in an objective pyschology test - I am a very visual person for the record but I find this term off-putting.
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#10The article lacks reference to the original peer reviewed research establishing these behavioral phenomena. While the intent is application, those who question should be able to dig into each distinct bias and the research behind them. Some, or many, of these may have helped us dominate as a species.