#ux iota: I know this is crazy but here’s my number so call me maybe?
Title: oh. my. god. Context: Some UI designers just want to watch the world burn. Best Bit: The UI “improvements” and reaction gifs in the reply thread are genius. via twitter.com
#ux iota: Man’s inhumanity to man is best illustrated through door design.
Title: It’s not you. Bad doors are everywhere. Context: Push? Pull? Brain the designer with a ball-peen hammer? Best Bit: “Norman door (n.): 1. A door where the design tells you to do the opposite of what you’re actually supposed … Continued
#ux iota: The Internet. So much bullshit. So little time to kill all of it.
Title: Death to Bullshit Context: One man stands alone in the face of the unrelenting bullshit choking the internet. Best Bit: You must try the “Turn bullshit on?” link in the upper right of the home page. via deathtobullshit.com
When bad UX attacks!
Title: Our world is full of bad UX, and it’s costing us dearly Context: We don’t design things, we design for people and sometimes what we design just happen to be things. Synopsis: Design is not always a life and … Continued
#ux iota: Life’s short. The crappy UX of most of the things you use daily make it shorter.
Title: What are some examples of products that have bad user experience (UX) designs but are still used with ease? Context: People offer up some of the most painful examples of user experience in the world. You can’t argue with … Continued
Zombies eat brains. Bad UIs destroy brains. Coincidence?
Title: 3 things poor interfaces and zombies have in common Context: The danger posed to society at large by the undead pales in comparison to the existential threat of poor UX. Synopsis: It is a forgone conclusion that at some … Continued
#ux iota: Crimes against design so heinous you’ll want to bring back the death penalty.
Redditors aim their considerable resources at cataloging the worst that design has to offer. Your eyes, they will bleed. via reddit.com
If being wrong is right then I don’t want to be wrong. Right? Wrong!
Title: Why Getting It Wrong Is the Future of Design Context: Sometimes the pursuit of perfection is paved with imperfection. Synopsis: Nobody is perfect. We are told this from the time we are children then immediately set about trying to … Continued
We can’t fix it! Yes we can’t!
Title: Bose Headphones and the Internet of Broken Things Context: All things must come to an end. But does the end really have to come so damn quickly? Synopsis: As technology rapidly replaces the mechanical in our increasingly noisy lives, … Continued
Anyone can design good UX. Only a master can design one so bad you’ll pay for it to go away.
Title: The Rise of the UX Torturer Context: Why ask users to pay for a better user experience when it’s easier to design one so bad they’ll be willing to pay you to not have to deal with it? Synopsis: … Continued
Stare. Press. Curse. Kick: A simmering tale of elevator UI failure.
Title: Nonsensical UX: The Strange Case of an Elevator Touch Screen Context: In UI—as in life—just because you can, certainly does not mean that you should. Synopsis: We’ve undoubtedly all seen it: the inexplicable UI. You stand there staring at … Continued
Throw your hands in the air and wave ’em like you want to turn off your smoke alarm (In case of fire cease waving)
Title: Nest’s Smoke Alarm Stumble Is a UI Lesson for Everybody Context: When every gesture can be interpreted as a command how can we tell which gestures are actually commands and which are simply gestures? Synopsis: The Nest line of … Continued
The road to bad user experience is paved with new features.
Title: Experience Rot Context: Feature creep = User experience rot Synopsis: The high point – user experience wise – of any software is its first release. This will be the simplest, most economical, singular realization of the product vision that … Continued
Luke. I am your father! Plus I opted you in to my mailing list by default!
Title: 6 Evil UX Things Companies Do (That Also Happen to Work) Context: Dark side UX is the father of invention. Really crappy invention, but invention nonetheless. Synopsis: User experience as a term is actually neutral. All it denotes is … Continued
#ux iota: Our mobile app…resistance is futile.
via xkcd.com