Posts tagged User Experience
Design Thinking Lessons Learned from the Hawaii Missile Alert

All too often, a poorly designed UX is a contributing factor.  The facts are that humans also design the business critical apps that were used during the incident.  And a human at the agency has to recommend or design the app used in this case. And therein lies the irony. It’s often the last person pushing the button that gets the blame.

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41 Shades of Google: Intuition or User Experience Testing?

Years ago, I came across an open letter called Goodbye, Google. The letter was written by a visual designer at Google who got frustrated by the constant level of testing and iteration:

“Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case.

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