In a new report, the FTC laid out the multitude of “dark pattern” techniques used by apps and websites to confuse and trick users into spending more money online. Photo: Ivan Kruk (Shutterstock) As ...

I can’t be the only UX designer waiting with bated breath for the scrolling ticker’s return. When I log onto the information superhighway to access a geocities site, and I see a news ticker floating ...

People don’t visit websites for the design – they want content. As explained in Web UI Patterns 2016 Vol. 1, design is just a means of presenting content in the most intuitive and useful manner. In ...

A large-scale academic study that analyzed more than 53,000 product pages on more than 11,000 online stores found widespread use of user interface "dark patterns"-- practices meant to mislead ...

Whenever an activity occurs in repetition, such as programming, patterns emerge and can be documented. The benefits of documenting and using software design patterns are well established, as are some ...

Due to the shorter working week in the UK, we have a slight deviation from our regular Hot Five list, which typically compiles the five most-read stories on PocketGamer.biz each week. Instead, check ...

In the build up to Google I/O 2019, just over a week away, Google has been making dozens of changes to the schedule, mostly additions. Sometimes, though, details will get removed from the website, ...