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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)

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Post by jodrellblank »

isp wrote: post #10

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"

I didn't see it mentioned, it's possibly this Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/

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

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Post by illwrks »

mattkevan wrote: post #28

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

Pickup an issue of Wallpaper, if they're still around.... A design magazine with cover to cover advertising and the occasional bit of editorial content. The advertising is curated and not so in-your-face but it's advertising none the less.

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

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Post by LoganDark »

Clamchop wrote: post #108
avereveard wrote: post #22

Loved the placeholder that you have to delete, that's a classic The form field didn't reset to default values when submitting something that doesn't pass validation, that's probably a little too convenient.

Jeeze do I ever hate that. Also password or bank account fields that disable pasting. Just awful.

> password or bank account fields that disable pasting

One of the reasons KeePassXC has an auto-type feature, I bet!

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

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Post by yazzku »

hammyhavoc wrote: post #78
yazzku wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Browse without login from another device+ip. Back in the day it was subtle and you'd have to browse some category of shit for a while before the prices were inflated for your account.

Looks the same for me in the UK. Even tried it from a few VPNs, and tried it from my Linux disk.

By "back in the day" I mean 10+ years ago, and you'd have to browse for a few days.

I am not sure why I am being downvoted for something that I and others have observed; must be the Amazon fanboys having a hard time acknowledging they work for a shitty company. Other companies have done this for years too, like airlines. It's also not like you need to search very hard to see all the lawsuits Amazon is involved in, but here is one link describing price changes (which occur due to many things, of course, not just user profiling):

https://talkradionews.com/does-amazon-increase-price-after-v...

Don't forget that Amazon is also the same company that removed 1984 from people's devices. Of all books...

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

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Post by Georgelemental »

jonplackett wrote: post #96
isp wrote: post #10

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"

I’m also going to plug a tangentially similar game I made https://termsandconditions.game I hope you hate it

Question 25 of your game is wrong, I think. Both of the last two options could potentially work.

Delightfully aggravating otherwise!

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

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Post by petrw »

hammyhavoc wrote: post #95
petrw wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

Rather than being smug, pompous, and having nothing useful to say, you could provide a recent source. What I did find on Google is several years old, and I can't replicate the pricing changes even with a VPN, different OS, different hardware, and different account. Even asked friends and family to tell me what prices they see.

Yep. Sorry. It did feel like you were asking for evidence for (what I believe) is received wisdom, which is a standard tactic for trolling. If you really have not had that experience, I am truly sorry .. and envious.

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

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Post by jcparkyn »

jonplackett wrote: post #96
isp wrote: post #10

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"

I’m also going to plug a tangentially similar game I made https://termsandconditions.game I hope you hate it

Very fun, but I couldn't figure out why the answer to 27 is what it is

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

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Post by isp »

jodrellblank wrote: post #111
isp wrote: post #10

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"

I didn't see it mentioned, it's possibly this Reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/

Yes, /r/badUIbattles

Original sources:

- "Please enter your phone number" by /u/Lamamour - https://old.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/udx3ab/please...

- "Volume Control without boundaries" by /u/Caltrop_ - https://old.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/ey74ya/volume...

- "checkboxes with a 50% success rate" by /u/975miles - https://old.reddit.com/r/badUIbattles/comments/s8u3v6/checkb...

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