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Dark Patterns: The Dark Side of UX

UX Planet

Disguised Ads Advertisements are “disguised” as regular content, video players, or navigation elements to confuse you and make you click on them unknowingly. The data can then be sold to third parties for advertising purposes. When you break a commonly accepted logic, you break trust.

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Ethical Crossroads: Is Your UX Design Helping or Hurting?

UX Planet

More Than Just Pop-Ups: Journey by Design The dark side of UX stretches far beyond simple annoyances. Skinner’s controversial behavioural experiments or the eerily persuasive techniques of early advertisers. Walk the Talk: Ensure your own work reflects the highest UX standards. It’s not just annoying, it’s ultimately harmful.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

Every dollar’s worth of expense is a fight, and spending 30% of the budget on “simply asking questions” (read: UX research) can be a hard sell. So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? We are here to help you with points you need to consider before you actually put a figure into your UX budget.

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WoM in SaaS: Best Word-of-Mouth Marketing Strategies To Increase Brand Awareness [Examples Included]

Userpilot

A defined word-of-mouth marketing strategy helps you encourage and accelerate conversations within your customer base that grow your brand. Though there are some similarities between WoM, referral marketing is a form of incentivized advertising that rewards users for taking specific actions. Increases brand loyalty.

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11 User Flow Examples + How to Inform UX Design With Them

Userpilot

Looking for user flow examples to inspire your UX design process ? Benefits of tracking user flows Mapping and tracking user flows give you invaluable insights that lead to smarter UX design decisions and a more satisfying user experience. This approach to review generation ensures you stay in control of your brand image.

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Dark UX Patterns, and Why They Suck

The Product Coalition

But tricking the users into unknowingly signing up for expensive services they were trying to unsubscribe from is somewhat antithetical to the brand. This design style belongs to a family of patterns called Dark UX Patterns. Intrusive advertisements are used to encourage and nudge customers into a decision.

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7 Apps & Websites I use every day as a UX/UI designer

UX Planet

cover design idea from 32 Little Big Updates We can all agree that Figma has changed how we work in UX/UI design, making everything simpler and all in one place. These capabilities can greatly enhance your UX design process by providing clear, actionable insights based on user feedback and testing.