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Category: User Experience

My theories on how good UX should happen, with real world examples.

Passive-aggressive system notifications disempower users

Apps Behaving BadlyMehron KuglerApril 1, 2018

Give users the ability to escape any system notifications, with no strings attached. Notifications should respect users’ freedoms. And no more daily nags!

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Comparison of web browsers’ window targeting

User ExperienceMehron KuglerMarch 27, 2018

A web browser full of tabs is a pain to move around. The worst offenders in this category in Mac OS (11/12/13) are Opera and Chrome. It’s easy to see why.

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Always reveal and document useful functionality

Apps Behaving BadlyMehron KuglerMarch 27, 2018

I can operate my Macbook in “closed-shell” mode but I never knew about it until I accidentally shut my laptop with my external monitor plugged in … and my monitor stayed on, to my surprise.

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Provide guides and announcements when removing key product features

Apps Behaving BadlyMehron KuglerMarch 13, 2018

Recently the Tables dropdown menu was taken out of Google Docs with no warning, and no user survey was issued to me to discover my work preferences. There’s a better way to make changes.

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UX Case Study: Hipchat’s “People” list

User ExperienceMehron KuglerNovember 30, 2016

In this post I take a look at improving the usability of the popular chat client, HipChat, to make it easier to find people. Currently it is difficult to locate people in the side bar if you have a lot going on.

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What do you mean my system doesn’t meet your requirements?

User ExperienceMehron KuglerNovember 23, 2016

Mozilla’s website told me: “Your system doesn’t meet the requirements to run Firefox.” With 8 gigs of ram, a speedy processor, and plenty of disk space, I feel alienated by one of my favorite brands. Let’s improve the copy.  

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