404 page: Internal business app

The clever developers at a company used this on their 404 pages.

Opt in Link: Mural

I was registering for a webinar on Mural.com
After I entered my email address a message and hyperlink appeared.

"Looks like you've opted out of email communication. Click here to get an email and opt back in."

This is great. This serves business needs and user needs without being obstructive. 



I wonder if they discussed just placing a checkbox there to have the user opt back in.
Why did they choose to go with a link that triggers an email?
Anytime you leave the burden on the user you risk missing the goal.
Nevertheless, nice work!

Outlook Web: Welcome Carousel

The following screens were displayed when first visiting a group onmicrosoft.com

Powerpoint tooltip: Browse Version History

This appeared after I had opened a file, edited it, then decided to do a "Save As..."
The system had been Auto Saving my edits to the original file.
As a result, the edit history was lost when I saved it as a new file.
This mistake may have been repeated if it wasn't for their tip.

It would have been stronger if there was an option to roll back to the opened state (no edits) and load the edits into the new file. Maybe that feature is in their backlog.

Learn more link opens this page:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/save-a-copy-before-editing-to-prevent-changing-the-original-file-8aeabebe-952e-449b-b931-ae2b7568771b?wt.mc_id=SaveaCopy_AutoSaveUI_Mac&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

404 page: Cedar Point

https://www.cedarpoint.com/

404 page: Cooper Hewitt

https://www.cooperhewitt.org/

404 page: GitHub

https://github.com/

Bloom's Taxonomy: An understanding framework

Bloom's taxonomy is a set of three hierarchical models used to classify educational learning objectives into levels of complexity and specificity. The three lists cover the learning objectives in cognitive, affective and sensory domains. The cognitive domain list has been the primary focus of most traditional education and is frequently used to structure curriculum learning objectives, assessments, and activities.
Read more on Wikipedia

Sharepoint: Tooltip

Tooltip on Sharepoint

UX Disciplines Venn Diagram

Copyright Dan Saffer

https://www.fastcompany.com/1671735/infographic-the-intricate-anatomy-of-ux-design

Apple Watch Unlocking Mac

This is a collection of messages displayed on the MacBook Pro lock screen related to Apple Watch. 

(More to come)

Upgrade to Voice Warnings

Discovered in How-to Geek newsletter

Powerpoint: New features: Sketch

Jira: Useful tips as Placeholder text

When creating a new ticket in Jira the placeholder body text is a useful tip instead of additional instructions for the field. 

Hey, Alexa!

Discovered in How-to Geek newsletter

Google Docs Grammarly extension pop-over

When I opened a Google Doc this Grammarly pop-over appeared automatically. There was a microanimation.

Pinterest Tool tip: Hide pins you don't like

I followed an image link from a google search result and it led me to Pinterest. 

The tooltip was automatically displayed.

After I clicked "Got it!" the tooltip went away. Then when I clicked the 3 dots, then this tooltip was displayed. 

Pinterest

Innovative Solution Seeking a Problem

Discovered in How-to Geek newsletter

Twitter: New Features and UI Themes

I visited Twitter and was met with this modal automatically displayed. They announced many new features and that I can customize my look. 

Result of clicking "Get started"

Microsoft New Features Pop-up

When Outlook launched a pop-up appeared to explain that their privacy options have changed.

Font style can save your life

Discovered in How-to Geek newsletter:

Spotify: When your music ends...

I was listening to music that I had saved to my queue. 

When the last song was finished I started hearing music I wasn't familiar with, yet it was a style I enjoyed. When I switched back to Spotify a notification banner informed me 

"When your music ends, we continue playing similar songs for you. You can turn this off in Settings."

This is a fantastic message for 2 reasons. It explained behavior from the system that I didn't request, and it explained how I might modify the system if I did not want it. 

Spotify

Cognitive Bias Codex

Copyright: John Manoogian III

https://medium.com/better-humans/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18

Mental Models Codex

Copyright: Michael Simmons

https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/this-is-exactly-how-you-should-train-yourself-to-be-smarter-infographic-86d0d42ad41c

I posted photos to my wall

Google Docs: Tooltip

Hint: Your password is incorrect

Item Unavailable, Suggestions

Google Docs UI Tour

Google Docs has been around for a while. Recently the started allowing Office-formatted files.

Permission Priming: BlueJeans.com

When I visited BlueJeans.com for a video conference Chrome prompted me for microphone and camera permissions. 



The page itself had a Permission Priming message.

Password Changed, not yet

After changing my password, this message was displayed.



It is great the system confirmed the password was changed. 
Since the expiration time (in the system bar above) has not updated it would be a confusing mismatch so it is really great that the message included this mismatch.

YouTube: 500 Internal Server Error

Visited YouTube and this happened.

Sorry, something went wrong. 
A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation. 
If you see them, send them this information as text (screenshots frighten them):

The Official Car of the User Experience Professional

Introducing... Lexus UX


https://www.lexus.com/models/UX

Types of User Designers

Email Updates on StrengthsFinder

Email 

The first checkbox after the form was this:

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I’d also like to be among the first to know about new Gallup offerings and services. I understand that I may subscribe from these offerings at any time.

Auto Save Button

The save function is evolving. 
The icon itself is nearly irrelevant. Most children have never seen a 3.5" floppy disk. If you ask a child what the Save icon is they might guess, "A file cabinet?"

Excel: New Features... T-Rex

This pop up appeared when I opened Excel after a recent update. 
This particular update was funny. 




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Watch Your Worksheet Come Alive

Insert animated 3D graphics to see hearts beat, planets orbit, and T-Rex rampage through the workbook.