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>...dark UX only has one sensible interpretation I've been working in software for over 20 years, I can't name a single person outside of my industry that even
by RobertRoberts 9y ago
>...dark UX only has one sensible interpretation
I've been working in software for over 20 years, I can't name a single person outside of my industry that even knows what UX means or refers to. And if they did, they'd confuse "dark UX" with something other than "nefarious".
Despite this, everyone I have ever met that uses software HATES being tricked by their software or manipulated by it.
There is a real need for a term that communicates to the people that are being affected, and the word "dark" just doesn't cut it.
- Doxin 9y agoI'll agree that dark UX is shop talk, and when talking to users as opposed to colleagues you'll need to clarify. Maybe we need a new word for that use case, but just expanding the UX acronym should be workable.
- RobertRoberts 9y agoMaybe we just need to start a poll and brain storm the idea out. (dreaming) I think this is a bad enough problem on software that it needs headlines (with properly shaming name to the activity) in major news sources globally to get the behavior to end. If it stinks bad enough, no business would want to be associated with it.