Web – Page 9 – Duncan Stephen

Linknote — 10 November 2017 — 33 words

Captchas suck – Hampus Sethfors, Axess Lab

…there’s something iffy and unprofessional about web site owners putting the burden of their spam problems on their users. Solve it “on your side” instead.

Linknote — 9 November 2017 — 65 words

Web

Installing progressive web apps — Jeremy Keith, Adactio

In this post about a Google Chrome mobile user interface change, another telling comment that explains part of the reason why the web appears to be in trouble.

The way we’ve turned browsing the web—especially on mobile—into a frustrating chore of dismissing unwanted overlays is a classic tragedy of the commons. We blew it.

Linknote — 8 November 2017 — 64 words

Culture — Media — Technology — Web

Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle, Medium

This article uses kids’ video content as an example, but really it is about how we all consume all types of content. The same effects that are causing these weird YouTube videos to be created are driving clickbait culture generally.

The direction the internet is taking seems to be taking us down a disturbing path.

Linknote — 31 October 2017 — 33 words

User experience — Web

How booking.com uses stress to rush your decisions

I was vaguely aware of the dark patterns used by Booking.com, but I didn’t realise quite how pervasive it is across the website.

Linknote — 27 October 2017 — 51 words

Human-centred approaches — User experience — Web

Making the case for ‘boring’ UX design – Roxanne Abercrombie, Usability Geek

When something works fluently and fluidly, users do not tend to notice ‘boring’. They do, however, see annoying and intrusive.

I have argued previously that web design should be boring. I am an undesigner as much as a designer.

Article — 1 October 2017 — 1,208 words

Why it’s time to reclaim our digital lives

Personal — Web

The more we come to understand about the big social media networks’ impact on society, the less appealing it becomes. It’s time we stopped letting them control our digital lives. This is why I will start blogging again.

Article — 20 December 2016 — 627 words