One of my old usernames I used a lot was jaynumber13. You may now call me jaynumber1067797, because that’s the certification ID for UX Design, granted to me by the Nielsen Norman Group. It can be verified at NN/g’s cert verification page. They do good work, and I plan on taking more courses and work … I Am Now Certified in User Experience Design
Read part 1: How to Create Good Video Game Subtitle UX. Poking through YouTube’s game playthroughs, as well as related things coming up at work, got me riled up to write a follow-up post on subtitle UX. I was watching a short Red Dead Redemption 2 interaction, when I noticed that the subtitles illustrated the … How to Create Good Video Game Subtitle UX, Part 2
That title says “Static Index Page” in Spanish, in honor of it being the Day of the Dead, of Jill getting her blog back up, and of me starting to read her new book. She often posts Mexican music and language, and is Catholic, so it seems like all of these things are related. The … Página de Índice Estático
As if ads were bad enough, we have to deal with online solicitations in the form of dialog box interrupters. Notice that the one screenshot below is a page about stress reduction. You can make matters even worse by paywalling basic, interchangeable content about something—a book, in the National Geographic example—that could easily be found … How To Annoy People
I know: privacy, data, spying, advertisements, etc. But Facebook is also highly disrespectful UX for users that aren’t members. See those expertly-drawn red brackets? That’s the only actual content that you can see. The rest is the hero image and the persistent “Sign Up” banner at the bottom. Look, Zuck, I don’t think there’s a … Facebook Is Terrible
I recently subscribed to a bunch of blogs that deal with UX trends and best practices. One of those blogs is one on the Mockplus product site, which is a prototyping tool for web apps. Normally I access my subscriptions on my phone, through the Feedly app. 90% of the those times, I don’t hit … Blog About UX Has Really Bad UX