While musing over my recently published article, Why are hyperlinks blue, I was left feeling a bit blue myself. Yes, it could have been the fact that I was evacuated and Hurricane Ida was destroying my home, I’ll admit.
Deceptive design patterns are tricks used by websites and apps to get you to do things you might not otherwise do, like buy things, sign up for services or switch your settings.
Another phrase used to describe deceptive design patterns is dark patterns, which was originally coined in 2010 by user experience specialist Harry Brignall, drawing attention to this practice and building momentum around calling it out.
Brignall regularly tweets some of the worst examples of deceptive designs online and hands out kudos for honest user experiences.
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| Title 1 | Title 2 | Title 3 | Title 4 | Title 5 |
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| Content 1 | Content 2 | Content 3 | Content 4 | Content 5 |
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We actually don’t condone ignoring your work, but a bit of multitasking can’t hurt. A pro tip for a seamless viewing experience: Watch the winter games by taking advantage of the Firefox browser’s multi picture-in-picture feature.
