Hi Olivia! I remember you leaving a comment on one of my tasks earlier on so I thought I’d come back to do the same! 🙂 I have not had the pleasure of completing Task 10 as it is not one of the 10 I am completing for the course. With that, I have to say your experience sounds extremely frustrating! As busy individuals, I can appreciate intuitive and efficient user interface design but the game for Task 10 sounded like the complete opposite! Forgive me but I couldn’t help but chuckle at some of the confusing design elements. It reminds me of online “IQ Tests” where you’re to identify the colour of the word while ignoring the actual word. For example the word “Blue” is coloured yellow.
Also, with respect to your encounter with poor interface design trying to unsubscribe to the emailing list for the Scene card, I personally believe they are designed in such a manner to maximize their agenda –to sell products. I was blown away at the unusually long list of subsidiary companies you were signed up for, just by obtaining a Scene card! Certainly having an “uncheck all” would be too easy so it leads me to believe that inconvenience was incorporated into its design as a last-ditch attempt to retain you. This isn’t too far of a stretch given that the documentary The Social Dilemma concludes that in the end, we are the commodity and social media (and by extension, email) is designed to manipulate our attention for maximum profit.
Thanks for taking a look and commenting Laura. I highly recommend trying out the Inyerface game, just for fun. It is anxious inducing but once you get a feel for the tricks it is a hilarious journey of poor design.
Yes, Thrifty Foods is owned by Sobeys and Sobeys owns all kinds of grocery chains. Yay monopolies! :/ I imagine that big data is important to these huge corporations because we as consumers probably shop at many of the stores housed under their umbrella so they can really make a sophisticated profile of our shopping habits. I really don’t like the idea of being a commodity – at least I should get paid!!
Hi Olivia! I remember you leaving a comment on one of my tasks earlier on so I thought I’d come back to do the same! 🙂 I have not had the pleasure of completing Task 10 as it is not one of the 10 I am completing for the course. With that, I have to say your experience sounds extremely frustrating! As busy individuals, I can appreciate intuitive and efficient user interface design but the game for Task 10 sounded like the complete opposite! Forgive me but I couldn’t help but chuckle at some of the confusing design elements. It reminds me of online “IQ Tests” where you’re to identify the colour of the word while ignoring the actual word. For example the word “Blue” is coloured yellow.
Also, with respect to your encounter with poor interface design trying to unsubscribe to the emailing list for the Scene card, I personally believe they are designed in such a manner to maximize their agenda –to sell products. I was blown away at the unusually long list of subsidiary companies you were signed up for, just by obtaining a Scene card! Certainly having an “uncheck all” would be too easy so it leads me to believe that inconvenience was incorporated into its design as a last-ditch attempt to retain you. This isn’t too far of a stretch given that the documentary The Social Dilemma concludes that in the end, we are the commodity and social media (and by extension, email) is designed to manipulate our attention for maximum profit.
Thanks for taking a look and commenting Laura. I highly recommend trying out the Inyerface game, just for fun. It is anxious inducing but once you get a feel for the tricks it is a hilarious journey of poor design.
Yes, Thrifty Foods is owned by Sobeys and Sobeys owns all kinds of grocery chains. Yay monopolies! :/ I imagine that big data is important to these huge corporations because we as consumers probably shop at many of the stores housed under their umbrella so they can really make a sophisticated profile of our shopping habits. I really don’t like the idea of being a commodity – at least I should get paid!!