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- 01Veterans of the industryjames
- 02UntitledTim
- 03Why Every App Feels the Same NowDesign Mag
- 04The Loading Bar Is Lying to YouMira Lindqvist
- 05The Woman Who Deleted the Hamburger MenuDesign Mag
- 06Confessions of a Dark Pattern DesignerDesign Mag
- 07Empty States Are Your Best SalespersonSam Okafor
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Veterans of the industry
So today we welcome you to our latest speech what is going on?
Why Every App Feels the Same Now
Open five apps from five industries and you'll find the same bottom tab bar, the same card grid, the same pull-to-refresh. Convergence was supposed to be usability. It became camouflage.
The billboard is bespoke; the app is a template.
The Loading Bar Is Lying to You
Fake progress, benevolent spinners and the strange ethics of designed waiting — why the most honest interface element is the one that lies most often.
The wait itself became the product.
The Woman Who Deleted the Hamburger Menu
Ingrid Falk ripped the hamburger menu out of a banking app used by nine million people, watched support tickets fall by a third, and got called reckless on the way. A conversation about navigation, courage and what discoverability actually means.
A pattern whose main property is that it never forces a decision is a machine for postponing strategy.
Confessions of a Dark Pattern Designer
For six years, "R" designed cancellation flows, countdown timers and consent banners for subscription apps you have definitely used. Then they stopped. An anonymous exit interview.
Nobody chooses evil. They choose the B variant, which is up 2.3%.
Empty States Are Your Best Salesperson
The most-seen screen in your app is probably the one nobody designed: the one with nothing on it.
The database is empty. The user is not.
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