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User In Yer Face, a worst-practise UI experiment (2018)

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Re: User In Yer Face, a worst-practise UI experiment (2018)

#51

This really doesn’t seem that different from most 2023 websites.

You are, of course, exaggerating a bit for rhetorical effect, but it is indeed too close to home. The bulk of my time was spent grappling with things that frequently give me a hassle on real websites.

The dialog box

The strenuous password requirements

Especially the "select all pictures of" bit. Anyone who has tried browsing with a proxy can confirm.

Re: User In Yer Face, a worst-practise UI experiment (2018)

#52
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Related - "Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit" - https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1657755496852475906 I particularly like: - https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1657755496852475906 - "Enter your phone number" - https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1657755532394889219 - "Volume control" - https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1657755789313069057 - "Checkbox with a 50% success rate"

The QR code one could be made 1000% more annoying by making it one of those slider puzzles.

Re: User In Yer Face, a worst-practise UI experiment (2018)

#53

Often thought about designing a print magazine with the same values as a web publication: * Agree to all sorts of scary things to take off the plastic wrapping * Peel off multiple big stickers on every page * Big heavy adverts that overlap the content and weigh pages down * Built-in Tile/Airtag to track location * Chumboxes for other magazines at the bottom of each article ...etc

Recreate the Amazon experience in a store by asking for their name so you can show them different prices and offers, then write down everything the shopper looks at, adds to their basket, and after they've paid sell their information to advertisers so they will see adverts for the lawnmower they've just bought for the next few days.

Are you saying Amazon modifies prices for items based on which user is logged in?
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