8 Best Articles on Mindful Ux
The most useful articles on mindful ux from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Mindful Ux Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on mindful ux by Refind users in 2023.
- Stop calling these Dark Design Patterns or Dark UX — these are simply a**hole designs
- 6 ways to apply Mindful UX to your Daily Life
- Are Calm Technology & Design Making a Comeback?
- Designing for suicidal users: preventing suicide the modern way
- Does Your Product Respect Users’ Time & Attention? A Calm Technology Checklist
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on mindful ux—all under 10 minutes.
6 ways to apply Mindful UX to your Daily Life
Mindful UX protects users' mental health, privacy, and mental state - and we can use it in our daily life.
Does Your Product Respect Users’ Time & Attention? A Calm Technology Checklist
Since my book on calm technology came out, I’m often asked if a specific product or product design is calm, created to seamlessly…
Stop calling these Dark Design Patterns or Dark UX — these are simply a**hole designs
Have you noticed that lately some people are trying to coin the terms "Dark UX" or "Dark Design Patterns"? Not only that, but also trying…
Is Your Website Accessible? 14 Steps to Move Towards Inclusion
In this article, you’ll learn 14 steps to create a more inclusive and accessible website and encourage broader audiences to interact with it.
«In making the Internet a place of equal opportunities, there are many practical benefits to making your website accessible. • Accessibility enhances the brand voice»
Are Calm Technology & Design Making a Comeback?
A world where tech can co-exist in our lives without co-opting them is going to take more than an app that tells us how far down the rabbit hole we’ve gone.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on mindful ux.
Designing for suicidal users: preventing suicide the modern way
Every month, over half a million people in the US make suicide-related searches on Google. The automated response that is supposed to stop…
Designing Products for Abuse
Fixing the problem starts from asking the right questions.
Beyond the Binary: 5 steps to designing gender inclusive fields in your product
“I avoid going to the doctor. In general I try to have as little interaction with the medical health system as possible.”
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