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Angular Denver '19: Dark Patterns in UI: What Not to Do to Your Users

Angular Denver 2019 | Dark Patterns in UI: What Not to Do to Your Users | Alyssa Nicoll

Intermediate
21m
(4)

Last Updated Apr 13, 2021

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Angular Denver '19: Dark Patterns in UI: What Not to Do to Your Users

Angular Denver 2019 | Dark Patterns in UI: What Not to Do to Your Users | Alyssa Nicoll

Intermediate
21m
(4)

Last Updated Apr 13, 2021

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In this talk, Alyssa Nicoll will go over some obvious and some not so obvious patterns that are used online to manipulate users. Understanding usability gives you a lot of power as web designers and developers. You should use this knowledge for good, rather than for tricking users into unintended behaviors. This kind of UX trickery breeds distrust in not only your web app but the web in general.

Angular Denver '19: Dark Patterns in UI: What Not to Do to Your Users
Intermediate
21m
(4)
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