Edd Coates is founder of Game UI Database. Game UI designers use references to iterate on existing design patterns and provide players familiar, intuitive experiences. This allows us to onboard them ...

Since October of last year, Microsoft has been sending customers of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 desktop pop-ups, asking them to update to Windows 10 for free. About a month ago, users who had resisted ...

We’ve known about manipulative user interfaces for a long while now, but the FTC reported that more and more companies are tricking site visitors. Reading time 3 minutes As much as you think you have ...

Dark patterns are user interface (UI) designs created to intentionally mislead or manipulate customers into actions they might not want to take. These actions could range from subscribing to a service ...

A large-scale academic study that analyzed more than 53,000 product pages on more than 11,000 online stores found widespread use of user interface "dark patterns"-- practices meant to mislead ...