How Dropbox Onboards New Users

https://www.useronboard.com/how-dropbox-onboards-new-users/

by artsandsci • 9 years ago

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samuelhulick6• 9 years ago

Thank you for posting this!

I'm the person who made the teardown -- if you have any thoughts, I will be checking this thread often. :)

--Samuel

ballenf• 9 years ago

Every single one you've posted has been educational for me. Really helped to internalize good design more than reading theory.

I enjoyed that you also did the Mario mobile game. I don't think too many game designers would make half of the mistakes Nintendo did there, but it's amazing to see so many examples of poor design in one place.

anitil• 9 years ago

Wow! Never come across useronboard, but now I've seen it I can't believe I went so long without it. For someone lacking experience in UI/UX this is fantastic.

samuelhulick6• 9 years ago

Thank you for the kind words! It's really rad to hear.

sova2• 9 years ago

Yeah this is a really great UX/UI analysis. I like the cheeky comments, too. Very good teaching tool. I admire your review process and positivity all in all.

samuelhulick6• 9 years ago

That's awesome to hear -- thank you for taking the time to say so.

sova2• 9 years ago

No problem! It's important to appreciate skills in others you wish you had. If you've never read Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics" I think you would love it. He talks about the "Infinite Canvas" which is (to me) a loose metaphor for screens. If I taught UX/UI and Logo Design at an Art School, it would be one of the first books to throw at my students.

redbergy• 9 years ago

Really like the analysis. Thanks for posting.

Regarding usability of your own site, I'd suggest not eating up the history of the user's web browser for every "next slide click" [0]. I was really annoyed trying to get back to HN to the comments section.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/Jk29A

samuelhulick6• 9 years ago

Hm, it definitely isn't supposed to work that way -- could you share OS & browser so I can replicate? I can't get it to happen on OS X / any browser.

DrScump• 9 years ago

Does anybody know why the new Dropbox app on Android requires access to one's Contacts and Camera, as well as In-App purchases?

How Dropbox Onboards New Users

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