As designers, we are user advocates first and foremost. We need to understand what users want versus need before they ever encounter our designs. Once they do encounter it, they must first feel safe ...

The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI ...

Anyone who’s been online in the last decade probably recognizes “dark patterns,” design tactics used on websites and apps that trick users into doing something — buying something, agreeing to ...

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When we pulled up this little presentation by Harry Brignull on "Dark Patterns" in UI design we assumed we'd be seeing some new nefarious techniques that designers were just happening upon. Instead we ...

Viral web design trends play a huge role in today's digital world. They boost user interaction and look good, too, often making companies more visible online. But knowing how to use these trends in ...

It’s the subtle, yet pervasive, influence of what are increasingly known as “deceptive design patterns.”These aren’t just minor annoyances; they are carefully crafted digital traps, design techniques ...

"Let's start with the symptoms of this imminent death. "Symptom 1: Commoditization by templates "Most of the content that you see on the web today is run by some framework or service — WordPress, ...

This week, the trial starts in a consequential FTC lawsuit against Amazon. The suit alleges that Amazon for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.