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User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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This is incredible. Pleasantly surprised every 2-3 seconds by things I didn't even think of. "Oh, it didn't mean whole email, just the first part" "Hmm tab doesn't work" "Oh, it didn't mean whole domain , just the first part" "Where's .com, oh I see" "Wait 'Next' isn't the big blue button?" "Oh I see, that big red message means my password is good." The 'How can we help' arrow just makes it grow slightly taller. Over…

The "Select All" box killed me

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

#35

We should make a website that does everything in the opposite way: 1) Require adblock 2) Banner saying the website doesn't use cookies, which goes away if you mouseover 3) If you're on mobile, show a banner saying the website doesn't have an app 4) A signup form, but when you try to focus it, it turns into a banner saying "jk this website doesn't have signup"

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Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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post #28
post #25

Is it possible to get past the verification stage? It just keeps recycling the same images over and over... Maybe I need to drink a verification can to help it along

You have to select every image. Because all of them match for some definition of whatever word you get.

Ugh, I thought there were a few in there to trick me. Like on the "check" one, there was a pen hovering over a checkbox but it was unchecked, so I didn't think that counted...

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i gave up on the second screen...

I didn't, which to me says I've been trained very well by terrible design. If you manage to actually 'sign up' it tells you are a legend and rewards you with a Dancing Carlton gif[0]. [0] - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/carlton-banks-dance/

Really? I couldn't seem to prove that I was human. I thought it just threw you into an infinite "prove you're human" loop at the end.

Re: User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment

#40
Honest question: Where do people think those cookie banners come from?

Because, they aren't a dark pattern. They aren't a sneaky way to try to juice your engagement numbers. They didn't show up everywhere because growth hackers started getting jealous of the other guy's cookie banner. They are literally required by law, or at least many lawyers interpret the law in that way. The designers at my work really didn't want to make one, and especially didn't want it added to our site.

Nobody likes them. They came from lawyers.

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