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Companies pay for design so that customers buy more and look at more ads; internet-era UX was manipulation, whatever designers set out to do.

Drawn from what Jakob Nielsen said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

designunder our current: It is honest and it is felt: speed, behaviour and truth matter more than looks What makes a design good?under our view: Good design is honest, and it outlasts fashion

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What Jakob Nielsen actually said

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  1. Jakob Nielsen

    Usability pioneer; co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group and…

    The reason companies pay for design is to get customers to buy more and users to look at more advertisements.

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