A significant portion of development whether it be the architecture of a software application or in the creation of user interfaces is largely oriented around some form of design.
Sure, we’ve all seen cases of design patterns, antipatterns, good design, and bad design, but the web is a unique platform that supports all of the above in addition to more malicious patterns. Dark Patterns attempts to explore and expose some of the negative trends across the web that go beyond bad design to danger designs.
Presentation after the jump…
I’ve always found it worthwhile to be aware of this kind of stuff. Yes, it’s important to be able to recognize it, but developers also have the responsibility to combat against it.
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