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Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by samuelhulick »

ameyamk wrote: post #10
samuelhulick wrote: post #5

Hi all! I'm the person behind this site -- if any of you have any questions or withering critiques, send 'em here! I will be watching it all day.

It would be nice to list tear downs in the order in which they were reviewed - so I can read new ones quickly when I visit. Looks like current list is alphabetically sorted.

Ah, good call! I will def add that to the list.

Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by samuelhulick »

patrickfl wrote: post #8
samuelhulick wrote: post #5

Hi all! I'm the person behind this site -- if any of you have any questions or withering critiques, send 'em here! I will be watching it all day.

One of my favorite blogs without a doubt, been reading your onboards since the beginning.

Good lookin' out, homie!

Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by dv_says »

I'm assuming the big name products here have carefully measured, A/B tested, etc. every screen and they are at their best (other than Apple Music, which is a whole other creature). That said, product teams should still periodically audit onboarding content, ideally with a set of fresh eyes. Does everything still make sense? Is there a logical flow from A to B?

It would have been interesting to be "a fly on the wall" and see how some of these evolved over time. I suspect some of the oddities initially started with a good set of screens, but then a new piece was later tacked on without a full audit or without the resources to change everything else.

Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by alistairSH »

fisherjeff wrote: post #3

Great site. Love that it's more than simple, glancing criticism and actually offers suggestions for improvements. Well done.

Couldn't agree more. Forwarded it along to my team at work; I'm sure the designers will enjoy some of the most "painful" on-boarding experiences.

Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by samuelhulick »

dv_says wrote: post #14

I'm assuming the big name products here have carefully measured, A/B tested, etc. every screen and they are at their best (other than Apple Music, which is a whole other creature). That said, product teams should still periodically audit onboarding content, ideally with a set of fresh eyes. Does everything still make sense? Is there a logical flow from A to B? It would have been interesting to be "a fly on the wall"…

Yes, totally agreed. I would love to see how these flows are performing from a conversion/retention standpoint, in particular the more... perplexing parts.

Re: Onboarding teardowns

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Post by samuelhulick »

tomlongson wrote: post #15
samuelhulick wrote: post #5

Hi all! I'm the person behind this site -- if any of you have any questions or withering critiques, send 'em here! I will be watching it all day.

Some kind of datatable showing key observable metrics would be great.

Hmm, any suggestions on what those metrics would be?
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