Bad Bad Bad UX: 21 Common Mistakes in User Experience

Ciara Carroll
7 min readAug 2, 2022

20 plus 1 Common Mistakes in User Experience to Avoid.

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20 Great Examples of How You Can Ruin User Experience

Let’s get started! Here they are — the most mistakes in crafting a good experience which even experienced savvy ux’rs can make.

#1 — Supppperrrr Long dropdowns

Have you ever tried to get to the needed item in a dropdown menu when it has to be scrolled?

Long dropdowns can be the shortest way to ruin UX, it can make you want to tear your hair out for sure.

When to avoid long dropdowns: https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/11/25/ux-patterns-when-to-avoid-dropdown-lists/

#2— Violation of the flashing image rule

More and more microinteractions and graphics have rapid motion but not a lot have the sense of speed to make sure they are 100% accessible to users who are motion sensitive. Disclaimers and turn off options for motion and flashing images should be a standard practice in UI when these attention grabbing elements are used

#3 — Сhecklists with a large number of cluttered options

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Ciara Carroll
Ciara Carroll

Written by Ciara Carroll

Product ~ Brand ~ UI ~ UX ~ Design ~ Trends

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