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Tag: Good UX

Examples of good user experience I’ve seen on websites, mobile apps and the real world

efficiency/grouping/readability/Super U

Supermarket receipt with categories

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Alex Poole

While on holiday I spotted another small yet great innovation for an everyday object. Here's a supermarket receipt with the products you bought, not listed simp...

efficiency/error prevention/help/Marks & Spencers

Gift-wrap with guidelines

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Alex Poole

A simple yet useful innovation to help you cut your wrapping paper straight.

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...

forcing function/toilet

Forcing function on door stops you forgetting your bags

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Alex Poole

Placing the bag hook on the door frame means that you have to take your bags before you can open the door

visual design

3 website designs in harmony with their content

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Alex Poole

It's quite satisfying when a website manages to reflect its subject matter fully through its visual design. Here are 3 sites that achieve this special kind of h...

efficiency/error prevention/flexibility/usability

A nice way to place items in order

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Alex Poole

I saw this nice use of Flash while taking part in the BBC’s Big Risk Test. This question asks you to place various everyday activities in order of risk. T...

accessibility/communication/redundancy

2 rupee coin with accessibility features

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Alex Poole

India’s 2 rupee coin shows an image of two fingers as well as the number 2 – essential in rural areas with low literacy levels.

help

Example of an unobtrusive hint

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Alex Poole

Unobtrusive hint from Alex Poole on Vimeo.

feedback

Instant feedback without search roundtrip

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Alex Poole

Instant feedback without search roundtrips from Alex Poole on Vimeo.

feedback

Form field highlighting

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Alex Poole

A nice way to remind people to enter a search term and prevent searching the whole database, which might take some time! Note: This video clip has no sound. Hig...

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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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