User experience design is full of peril and intrigue. UX is all about making the experience of being on and navigating around a website easy as possible and pleasant. It involves testing, planning, and being creative on how to best serve and delight people on the web.
And yet, the struggle is real here are some gifs and memes curated from lovely places like UX Reactions, UX Drinking Game, Twitter Search and my brain. 🙂
1. Watching users during user tests be like
2. When your boss says they need you available over the weekend for ‘design emergencies’
3. What other team members and salesmen think you do
4. What you actually do
5. When a person testing a site actually provides some feedback you can use
6. When the client tries to change the Information Architecture right before launch
7. When the CEO gets involved in the tiniest design details
8. When my boss and the client are setting unrealistic goals and expectations and I’m responsible for the work
9. When someone hovers behind me while I’m still working on a design
10. When someone asks me to critique my own design
11. When you look at the UX on mobile and it’s still good
12. When the temptation to fake it before you make it is too strong
13. The first steps to a visual designer getting into User Experience design
14. When the form is too complicated and you can’t even
15. Lastly – UX Drinking Game – Check it out
(Some of my favorites)