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Re: User Onboarding

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Post by Serow225 »

samuelhulick wrote: post #2

Hi everyone! I just saw a bunch of tweets linking to my site and traced it back here -- I'm the person behind this site and if anyone has any questions, I'd love to answer them here!

Very nice, great work! Some FYIs: On my iphone Safari browser, I found the next/prev buttons on the viewer to be very small targets. Also, before I noticed them, I tried swiping horizontally on the slide itself, but this triggers some weird zoom behavior. Lastly, it's hard to see the details of the slides when using this device/browser. Again, congrats on creating a great resource!

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by V-2 »

Very interesting website, but this mouse hover zoom thing is annoying. I'd only make it zoom in after a delay or (better still) a click.

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by alaeri »

samuelhulick wrote: post #2

Hi everyone! I just saw a bunch of tweets linking to my site and traced it back here -- I'm the person behind this site and if anyone has any questions, I'd love to answer them here!

Hey, I love your website. I've been through half of the teardowns. Have you ever thought about doing the same things for mobile apps?

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by netcan »

samuelhulick wrote: post #17
netcan wrote: post #15

Slight tangent: This is a great example of something most people can do to boost their earning potential, even (especially) as an employee. As an aid to selling ebooks & training, the benefit is obvious (it's on HN). But, something like this would also make sense to anyone working on UX. It's at least as valuable as an acronym on your CV.

It really comes down to this, doesn't it? https://twitter.com/patio11/status/421694694696185856 :)

More or less.

Patrick seems to be advocating making your everyday work public, repeatable and enduring. That's ideal. But, for people that are working in a silo or otherwise not going to take that step, this seems like an accessible step.

In fact, a carbon copy of this seems like a good template for a UX person to follow. Pick a topic (not on boarding). Do the research. Make a dozen examples easily digestible for someone who needs to implement the thing you are researching. In-app notifications, advanced settings, in-app tips (Clippy!), profile pages, email drip marketing, commenting systems, badges, profile pages…. Almost any UX topic could use teardowns like this.

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by timdorr »

samuelhulick wrote: post #2

Hi everyone! I just saw a bunch of tweets linking to my site and traced it back here -- I'm the person behind this site and if anyone has any questions, I'd love to answer them here!

Any chance you could bring down the size of the screenshots you take? Most people don't have huge screens like you do, so I feel like I'm not seeing the typical UX.

For instance, a lot of the buttons on these screens are very extremely pushed to the side when they're in the corners. Look at the Shopify one specifically.

And while yes, some users will have screens that huge and designers will have to deal with that edge case, I feel it's too atypical to use for a typical user's experience.

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Post by staffordrj »

samuelhulick wrote: post #2

Hi everyone! I just saw a bunch of tweets linking to my site and traced it back here -- I'm the person behind this site and if anyone has any questions, I'd love to answer them here!

What do you think about adding a grade to each experience?

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by measure2xcut1x »

I'm not sure this is the intended use case, but this website allowed me to check out a few products without having to sign up for a trial. I think I have free trial fatigue. It also introduced me to a few new products.

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by grosbisou »

andygeers wrote: post #13

If you've not got it already, buy Samuel's e-book - it's ace! https://www.useronboard.com/training/

Why is it ace? Can you develop a bit and explain why you liked it? Thanks ;)

I mean even if the website is really interesting, the book is $50 minimum.

Re: User Onboarding

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Post by GFischer »

ghiculescu wrote: post #20

I thought it would be interesting to see how http://www.useronboard.com/ stacks up, based on some of the feedback dished out in those teardowns. Some quick notes, based on http://i.imgur.com/mIwr3TS.png , and assuming that the goal is to sell copies of the book. - There's no call to action at all - Assuming someone who lands here would have some idea of what user onboarding is, the page doesn't say specifically how t…

The teardowns are really interesting :) . I agree that they should sell you the book after seeing those ! Or consulting :)
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