I am sure you have seen some bad forms around the internet. Sometimes the inputs are disabled at the wrong moment, sometimes the navigation is not ver

Welcome to the worst form ever!How Cognitive Biases Can Ruin or Improve User Experience

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2024-11-05 21:30:09

I am sure you have seen some bad forms around the internet. Sometimes the inputs are disabled at the wrong moment, sometimes the navigation is not very intuitive, and the buttons don’t work! But here, we’re not discussing those forms. I want to open your eyes to those perfectly functioning forms, where the inputs are beautiful, buttons work, and everything looks fine, but the user experience is bad despite the code working perfectly.

As a web developer, I often receive requests to implement certain features, such as creating a form. However, if we dive into coding without careful consideration, we might produce a solution that works but isn’t the best fit for our application. That’s why it’s important to be mindful of cognitive biases.

First of all, I will explain what a Cognitive Bias is, long story short it is a pattern of distortion of judgment in specific situations, a line of thought that can alter an individual’s decision-making on certain occasions. Those biases can help us implement better application behaviors to avoid a bad UX.