Dropbox revamp, Figma plugins, scary Deepfakes — and more UX this week
Tags: design, designthinking, productdesign, ux
Published: 2019-06-16 11:45:21

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[**10 memorable non-design films that have inspired me**](https://dev.to/fabriciot/10-memorable-movies-and-documentaries-i-have-watched-recently-55ng-temp-slug-2165208) →   
Movies I have watched or re-watched recently, and key learnings from each. Sometimes the best design inspiration comes from unexpected places.

### Food for thought

- [**The new Mac Pro is a design remix**](https://www.arun.is/blog/mac-pro/) →  
A return to form, heavily inspired by many of Apple’s past products.
- [**Creepiness vs. convenience**](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/creepiness/) →  
How users weigh the loss of privacy against the benefits they will receive in return.
- [**The problem with web components**](https://adamsilver.io/articles/the-problem-with-web-components/) →  
A number of technical limitations and the risk of excluding users.

### Stories from the community

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[**Nobody loves your product**](https://uxdesign.cc/nobody-loves-your-product-aa529bf7a19b?source=friends_link&sk=6c4f5c6e3bc92f05d212771bc22321cb) →  
The kind of love that businesses need to grow fast.  
By [Abel Maningas](https://medium.com/u/9d863f1ae4e9)

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[**How to crush design usability test for enterprise product?**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-crush-design-usability-test-for-enterprise-product-d7d8e944018b?source=friends_link&sk=1147c6c1ac162cc966abe4eb88c9d3f7) →  
User testing best practices for complicated systems.  
By [Oleksii Masliiev](https://medium.com/u/6ebbb65a5a39)

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[**10 usability heuristics with examples**](https://uxdesign.cc/user-experience-is-one-of-the-hottest-topics-in-day-today-designers-life-fb314978e1ff?source=friends_link&sk=5347fe2ef1b4a344cd230b2d8d846e59) →  
Nielsen’s usability heuristics with modern-day examples.  
By [Akshay Devazya](https://medium.com/u/839df7bb180f)

More top stories:

- [**Tesla’s UX is too far ahead to make sense (now)**](https://uxdesign.cc/teslas-ux-is-too-far-ahead-to-make-sense-now-21d943db467f?source=friends_link&sk=399c03beac83fcb761e83265d02b7e59) →
By [Rubens Cantuni](https://medium.com/u/d7ca111e7984)
- [**Understanding mental and conceptual models in product design**](https://uxdesign.cc/understanding-mental-and-conceptual-models-in-product-design-7d69de3cae26?source=friends_link&sk=a2660f254c6e058ba8d750da3cf4e572) →
By [Alana Brajdic](https://medium.com/u/e451fb352a58)
- [**When a designer is taking care of customer support**](https://uxdesign.cc/when-a-designer-is-taking-care-of-customer-support-e3c789c2de72?source=friends_link&sk=0af4a22cede89228fd7872c728709ab7) →
By [Florent Lenormand](https://medium.com/u/7a747bfe0b19)
- [**Critique as a powerful tool in your design toolkit**](https://uxdesign.cc/critique-as-a-powerful-tool-in-your-design-toolkit-d5e4634b0fad?source=friends_link&sk=b6acea94c37e40e56f7c54d992db543e) →
By [Ruta Gokhale](https://medium.com/u/470a8414899d)
- [**Time to make digital products analog again (illustrated by clocks)**](https://uxdesign.cc/time-to-make-digital-products-analog-again-illustrated-by-clocks-7c5e9d60c831?source=friends_link&sk=72fe6903eee4067804734a5af0992583) →
By [Stefan Nikolovski](https://medium.com/u/f87e88da918b)
- [**In Product Design all hypothesis are equal — but some hypothesis are more equal than others**](https://uxdesign.cc/in-product-design-all-hypothesis-are-equal-but-some-hypothesis-are-more-equal-than-others-c913477c0867?source=friends_link&sk=e29ac6b2cdf9fd4ca4254005968dbead) →
By [Mark Shurtleff](https://medium.com/u/7bf12e94c7cf)

### News & ideas

- Highlights this week:   
Firefox has a [**new branding**](https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/firefox-the-evolution-of-a-brand/%C2%A0) →
Plugins are [**coming to Figma**](https://www.figma.com/blog/plugins-are-coming-to-figma/) →  
Dropbox is getting a [**massive overhaul**](https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/11/18661673/new-dropbox-desktop-app-google-docs-slack-atlassian) →
- [**Deepfake Frenzy**](https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/10/18659432/deepfake-ai-fakes-tech-edit-video-by-typing-new-words) →  
AI deepfakes are now as simple as typing whatever you want your subject to say.
- [**Web Sarcasm**](https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2019/06/7-ways-to-convey-sarcasm-in-web-content/) →  
7 ways to convey sarcasm in web content through formatting and code.
- [**4-Day Weeks**](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/2-davos-experts-says-it-s-time-to-switch-to-a-four-day-working-week/) →  
It’s time to switch to a four-day working week, say these two Davos experts.
- [**Listen Together**](https://www.listentogether.io/) →  
Listen Together is a concept for collaborative listening in Spotify by Mike Battaglia.

### Tools & resources

- [**Versus**](http://versusutil.com/) →  
Find alternatives to the services you love to hate.
- [**Shape Space**](https://www.shape.space/) →  
IDEO’s tool to build, test, and refine your ideas.
- [**Unapp**](https://unapp.li/) →  
A directory of minimal single-purpose apps.
- [**Beautiful Type**](https://beautifulwebtype.com/) →  
An in-depth guide to open-source typefaces.


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