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My name is Katrin Becker. This is my blog.
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Fail: How NOT to do user experience design (I)

October 16th, 2009 by Katrin Becker

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really weary of dopey interface design decisions on the web. I’ve got 30 years in CS – I have a pretty good idea about what’s possible, what’s easy, and what’s hard. DO HCI people not pay attention? Here’s an example (from Scoop). Click on the “click to enlarge” link (or the picture itself). Does that look bigger to you? What’s wrong with these people?

Neanderthals Hunted, Raped And Ate Humans

Friday, 18 September 2009, 12:58 pm
Press Release: The Mandus


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Now, the web isn’t the only place where people don’t bother to think about user experience design. It happens ALL the time, everywhere.

Watch this space for more…..

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