M. Ayivi ™

Happy to share some designs I recently created for kaatch.co. I had a lot of fun collaborating with the team to build this product. I will share details more soon.

@DedeCodex @uxderrick @aa__frankie @jdghinson I think Arc, Dot and Daybridge

What app has an onboarding flow that genuinely caught your attention? I’m curious, and I need inspiration, so please engage me. cc: @uxderrick @aa__frankie @jdghinson @_ayivi

We need to stop talking about product design in absolutes… there are no rules. Everything is made up. Do what makes sense and feels right.

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Actually, it’s one of the best-designed screens, and I’ll tell you why. 1. The huge time display is doing some heavy lifting because when the alarm wakes you up, your eyes are not fully open, so having it big makes sense. You can try squinting your eyes and see which version is easier to read. There’s also another reason for this, which I’ll touch on in my second point. 2. The dark background is there for a reason. Do you know how annoying it is to see a bright screen the moment you open your eyes? You don’t want that. Plus, it gives the best contrast with the numbers, making them easier to see immediately. 3. The buttons are also big because you’re most likely going to be clumsy since you’re not fully awake, so we need to make it easy for you to make a decision. Now, why is Snooze the primary CTA? First of all, the likelihood of you pressing that is higher when you’re deep in sleep. Remember, you’re not fully awake, so your brain is slower at processing information. It naturally defaults to the path with the least resistance, which is the Snooze button. Funny enough, this will save you on many occasions where your brain is just telling you to stop the noise, even though there’s work or something important you need to attend to. Now, the Stop Alarm being a slider is for two reasons. First of all, it’s a very critical action because you might miss something important if you accidentally touch it. Second, the brain power required to use the slider means you have to be almost fully awake to complete the action. P.S. With improvements to the contrast, I think the Snooze CTA could work better as black text on an orange background.

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@wxzxxn As long as it is not 0% there's hope

@_ayivi I don’t lie.

We're on skills,sh lol skills.sh/uxderrick/mece…

Finally done with this👨🏾‍🍳🔥

Axmed is hiring for a cooked full stack engineer to work on stealth projects. Very stealth projects! linkedin.com/jobs/view/4385…

My first case study post on Behance in a while behance.net/gallery/245748…

I’m looking for volunteers(designers, developers, community managers) to work on techeventghana.com Send a dm if you’re interested

@jdghinson 🤣🤣 next week is even far bro

The rate I dey move with Claude de3 by next week I go move from Framer🙂‍↕️

We go again🙂‍↕️

@AgbavorRichmond 🤣🤣 it is not a bad excuse bro

@_ayivi My excuse is always aesthetic usability effect 😅

Sometimes I choose aesthetics over accessibility, I know it is wrong but I just can't help it.

@jayanaman @thesamirho thanks bro

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@iamDeRez1 You will change your mind soon

Will die on this Hill @_ayivi 🤣