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user experience/visual design

Avoid jobs advertised as “UI/UX Designer”

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Alex Poole / 4 Comments

Jobs such as "UI/UX Designer" are often advertised in France and some other countries - but you should think twice before applying even if you have a background...

communication/Eurostar/persuasive design/user experience

Eurostar – please don’t use misleading advertising, it damages your brand

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Alex Poole

Spotted what I thought was an amazing offer the other day on the Guardian : Turns out it was €1 per child – and children under 4 don’t pay anyway. T...

Facebook/persuasive design/privacy/user experience

Facebook wants to know your political views before it gives you a birthday card

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Alex Poole

How can you tell if it's worth trading your personal info for something online?

usability/visual design/web

Spot the UX mistakes in this Hollywood film

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Alex Poole

It’s easy to spot UI design bloopers in Hollywood films, like big red beeping “ACCESS DENIED” messages or cheesy 3D database fly-throughs. Wel...

Amazon/GAK

Plagiarism or inspiration?

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Alex Poole

You can imagine the scene in the boardroom – “We want to sell more stuff on the internet – Let’s brainstorm – who sells lots of st...

ACM/Bouygues Telecom/dotSUB/Focusrite

What have people got against the .info domain?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Alex Poole

It is a full 8 years since the .info domain came into being, and many sites, including high profile ones like the ACM haven’t updated their validation...

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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