Onboarding
examples + insights + ideas for good onboarding experience
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Onboarding
The most challenging products must EXPLAIN how something should be done (think Adobe Photoshop, where users must be find training on YouTube or elsewhere to engage — even initially—with the product). Having to explain your product is the least effective way to engage new users (and explains why products like Photoshop struggle to attract non-Pros).... See more
Scott Belsky • Crafting The First Mile Of Product
There’s an Instagram killer in town and it’s called https://t.co/RDaAjjzKcC
I’m 10 minutes into it and it’s so refreshing. No ability to edit media, just pick photos from this week and post.
More importantly, it has an interactive page curl. Instant $10B valuation in my book.... See more
Stammytwitter.comgreat onboarding example
Your objective should always be to eliminate instructions entirely by making everything self-explanatory, or as close to it as possible. When instructions are absolutely necessary, cut them back to a bare minimum.
Steve Krug • Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
The next area where I think games have a lot to teach product designers is in onboarding . Many games follow the path of slowly revealing the complexity of a system over time, giving the player just enough to do that they're engaged but not overwhelmed. Often this is a continual process that happens across the entire span of the game. Multiple... See more
What can software product designers learn from game designers?
Every product needs a solid activation experience.
Done well, they can mean hugely successful conversion from discovery to sign-up for your app.
Here's a breakdown of Duolingo's legendarily strong activation experience.
Complete activation experience breakdown in... See more