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Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Re: Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Post by Mendenhall »

I pretty much agree as someone who does UX UI and design for some of the biggest companies around.

I look at something and if it annoys me I know it annoys a lot of people out there, then I rip it out or figure out a way that is less annoying.

Rule 1-10 don't annoy people with your website Rule 11-100 keep it simple

I don't suggest my personal approach for everyone because there is no accounting for taste, and I am way more cynical and easily annoyed than most so that helps me in this field lol

Re: Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Post by davidhoos »

Mendenhall wrote: post #21

I pretty much agree as someone who does UX UI and design for some of the biggest companies around. I look at something and if it annoys me I know it annoys a lot of people out there, then I rip it out or figure out a way that is less annoying. Rule 1-10 don't annoy people with your website Rule 11-100 keep it simple I don't suggest my personal approach for everyone because there is no accounting for taste, and I am w…

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Re: Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Post by [deleted] »

fighting wrote: post #10
jbob2000 wrote: post #3

Ultimately, everyone wants to make user experiences like this. But along the way, some short-sighted MBA or marketer gets involved, who's job success is measured by email subscription numbers or another metric, and the whole thing gets messed up.

But how can you show how proactive you have been in your quarterly performance review without testing out various user funnel strategies, optimizing conversion rates and paying consultants for A/B tests?

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Re: Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Post by eevilspock »

jonmacdonald wrote: post #5
jbob2000 wrote: post #3

Ultimately, everyone wants to make user experiences like this. But along the way, some short-sighted MBA or marketer gets involved, who's job success is measured by email subscription numbers or another metric, and the whole thing gets messed up.

What if customer experience was the only metric that mattered? We find that our clients who focus on this as the main metric see sales double... which is really what all the suits care about.

Just imagine how much better Google would be if user experience was 100% of their focus, not shared with advertisers (Google's real customers the way it works today).

Re: Making UX Choices Based on What You Hate About the Internet

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Post by hartator »

threefour wrote: post #23

This agency takes content from Howard Stern about Louis CK's site in order to promote themselves, and then doesn't link to Louis CK's site so we can see for ourselves what it's all about. That's what I hate about the Internet.

And no comparison against the old website, maybe it was sold out in 1 day before.
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