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When (and why) noise creates churn

Do you have a long ‘time-to-value’, and an orchestra of noise? This might be why your churn is so high.

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I shipped a parcel, it was seized by the police (a UX case study)

I shipped identical boxes, less than a mile, with multiple delivery companies — one was seized by the police. This is the UX of delivering parcels.

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How to waste billions of dollars in eCommerce

A borderline unusable user experience, littered with bugs and full of missed opportunities. Dive into a UX case study on Zara.com.

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A checkout designed for impulse purchases

Horrible retention rates, dark patterns and incentivizing people to abandon their carts. This is a UX analysis of HelloFresh.

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How (not) to get people to download your app

Reddit’s strategy of cannibalising their own web experience (UX), and blocking third party apps, might not be working.

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A collection of bitesized UX interactions

Curated to inspire other designers and help you tune into what great UX looks like, from the best products in the world.

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Ticketmaster: the UX of a true monopoly

An onboarding that prioritises data collection, a punishing checkout experience and a core experience ripe with bugs.

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Using dark patterns to overcharge for pizza

A study on how Dominos (and Pizza Hut) use dark patterns, UX tricks and design psychology to overcharge customers.

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How Netflix doubled sign-ups with one simple design tweak

Here’s how Netflix doubled sign-ups to their ad-tier with one simple design tweak.

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The UX of payments: slow and shallow experiences

In this chapter on the UX of Banking, we’ll cover the experiences of domestic payments.

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The UX of Banking: 900 Days of Progress

A unique opportunity to revisit 12 UK banks, re-benchmark them, and highlight what 900 days of progress looks like.

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A UX teardown of the Google Ads platform

Google Ads should be flawless, given its size. Instead, it’s a demonstration that operating at a scale creates inefficiencies and flaws.

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Credit Karma: the UX complexity of credit scores

Credit Karma has a tough job of teaching people about credit scores. Here’s what they do right, and what they do wrong.

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UX analysis of HBO Max: the worst-rated streaming service

HBO Max suffers from poor UX judgement, a lack of finesse and a focus on style over function.

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One billion signatures — UX analysis of DocuSign ✏️

With an average rating of 4.9 stars, after 500,000 reviews, their IOS app must be doing something right—but what? Read this original UX analysis.

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Apple Maps vs Google Maps (UX analysis) 🗺

Apple and Google have been fighting for map dominance for nearly a decade, but which is actually better?

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Here's how Elon's Twitter might look

You've probably heard: Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter, with the rationale that it's a philanthropic move to preserve and promote democracy.

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The imperfections of Gmail

A user experience (UX) case study, showing what they’ve done right, and what they could improve on.

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A UX case study on Uber Eats

A user experience (UX) case study, showing what they’ve done right, and what they could improve on.

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A UX case study on Cash App

A user experience (UX) case study, showing what they’ve done right, and what they could improve on.