My Task 10 and Task 10 by Clarisse Yeh
Clarisse and I had very different experiences with Task 10 when it came to completion time, how we analyzed User Inyerface and our feelings and thoughts towards the online game.
First, there was a big difference in how much time it took us to complete the game: around 20 minutes for Clarisse and around 4 minutes for me. I may have had an easier time with User Inyerface because of my past experiences with badly designed websites (read about my explanation of Japanese website design in my post). However, while I did have previous encounters with invasive and distracting websites, I still shared the same feelings of frustration that Clarisse felt during User Inyerface.
Our analysis of the online game also differed in that Clarisse grouped the frustrating points of User Inyerface using the dark patterns explained in the Brignull (2011) article. I instead decided to analyze the online game by first listing the distractions that caused frustration and then the UI features that caused frustration without any direct mention of dark patterns.
Finally, Clarisse mentioned the sketchiness of User Inyerface and how the design and contents–the buttons and questions–felt unsafe, giving her the impression that her laptop could be infected by a virus as a result of the webpage (Yeh, 2023). In contrast, while I did find User Inyerface to be frustrating at times, I quite enjoyed the experience, going through the game and chuckling at its absurdity and how far it tried to push the patience of the player!
References
Brignull, H. (2011, November 1). Dark Patterns: Deception vs. Honesty in UI Design. A List Apart. https://alistapart.com/article/dark-patterns-deception-vs-honesty-in-ui-design/
Huang, D. (2023, November 12). Task 10: Attention Economy — Didy’s Webspace. https://blogs.ubc.ca/etec540ddhng/2023/11/12/task-10-attention-economy/
Yeh, C. (2023, October 29). Task 10: Attention Economy | Clarisse’s etec 540 blog. https://blogs.ubc.ca/clarissesetec540blog/2023/10/29/task-10-attention-economy/