How Not to Torment Users with Bad Controls
summary
Ilya Birman from Artem Gorbunov’s design studio explains how poorly designed UI controls (buttons, inputs, dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, date pickers, etc.) cause small annoyances that quickly frustrate users, and shows concrete examples and guidelines for building usable versions of those controls. The talk uses illustrated examples to demonstrate practical fixes and recommendations for each control type.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Interface friction
- 6:27Button problems
- 17:05Broken links
- 21:27Drag-and-drop issues
- 23:56Swipe galleries
- 29:21Input field problems
- 45:14Slider mistakes
- 51:57Checkboxes and radio buttons
- 56:02Calendars and dates
- 59:10Progress bars and indicators
- 1:00:14Accessibility and summary
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