In a new study, researchers found that ChatGPT creates websites full of deceptive patterns.

Pattern Recognition: A Useful Shortcut for Web Design Pattern recognition is a cognitive process during which we look at a stimulus, and try to match it with what we already know.

Luckily, for website design DIYers and professionals alike, there’s now a way to pick a pre-fabbed design off the shelf: the trend for patterns has reached the shores of Website Design Land. The ...

“Dark patterns”: The deceptive arts of e-commerce Emily Stewart of Vox explains how web tactics like countdown clocks and inventory trackers can create a false sense of urgency for consumers.

When we pulled up this little presentation by Harry Brignull on "Dark Patterns" in UI design we assumed we'd be seeing some new nefarious techniques that designers were just happening upon ...

Cookie banners remain the most obvious form of dark design. You’ll notice how the “accept all” button is large and cheerfully highlighted, attracting your cursor within a split second of ...

Recently I wrote about the proliferation of dark patterns and tried to give readers a sense of just how widespread these practices are. But it is not just the pervasiveness of dark patterns that ...