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A former Facebook design VP walks through how to look at a screen and judge whether it works, from first impression to first use to weeks in. It gives you the questions to ask so you can critique your own designs before users do. Learning to critique is how you stop shipping screens that make people think.
How to Do a Product Critique
From Julie Zhuo (The Year of the Looking Glass) by Julie Zhuo ~12 min read
- Judge a screen against what the user is actually trying to do, not your intent.
- Separate first impression, first use, and long term to surface different problems.
- Good critique is a repeatable habit, not a one off review.
