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London Transport Museum/usability/use sensible defaults

Poster or stamp? Use sensible defaults for product previews

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Alex Poole

I love the London Transport Museum shop, especially the classic posters. I love how they provide a preview pane with an everyday object so you can imagine how t...

Allocine/errors/feedback/mobile

Sean Bean error message

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Alex Poole

This cinema app from Allocine injects a bit of humour into an otherwise humdrum error message. Quite appropriate really, since Sean Bean is known for his bad lu...

colour/Maplin/Mega/visual heirarchy

Playing Top Trumps with UX

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Alex Poole

Do you remember the card game Top Trumps, where you beat your opponent’s hand with a card that outranks it in some capacity? Well, in UX you can play a ve...

Book Depository/infographics

Zombie infographic

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Alex Poole

The Book Depository just sent me a newsletter reviewing the buying trends of 2011. In the list was this fun infographic on the sale of zombie related books and ...

Commodore Amiga/errors

Is the Independent website hosted on an old Amiga?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Alex Poole

I haven’t seen a Guru Meditation since 1993…

BBC news

UI serendipity

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Alex Poole

I’d love to think this happened by accident, but I think it’s more likely that the BBC web team gave it a little nudge… 😉

visibility

Crazy pop-out menu

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Alex Poole

Site navigation not obvious enough? Why not use the traditional UI design method of slapping a great big pop-out chameleon on your site! People tend to notice t...

bank/ING

Funny ATM

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Alex Poole

I love when ATMs have built in seating!

Featured articles

  • How Agile and UX can work together
  • Avoid jobs advertised as “UI/UX Designer”
  • Playing Top Trumps with UX
  • Good UX should bridge the divide between online and offline worlds

Original research

  • Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?
  • Fighting bad typography research
  • Eyetracking metrics (book chapter)
  • How do people find and recognise browser bookmarks?

Good vs bad UX

  • Poster or stamp? Use sensible defaults for product previews
  • Plan ahead when designing semi-transparent overlays
  • Use sensible defaults on forms
  • Supermarket receipt with categories
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