user experience

XE Trade's dashboard and Basic Trade screens redesigned

Introduction

I've created a quick voluntary redesign of the XE Trade currency exchange service dashboard and Basic Trade (first screen only), out of sheer frustration when I first used their service a few months ago. When I started this post, I wasn't aware that XE Trade was in the process of updating their site. A notification on the login screen now tells me my account will be migrated to the new design at some point, but for the moment, the screenshots presented are exactly what I see. Information on how to preview the new UI is found in the P.S. below.

Pottery Barn's refreshing (un)subscribe options

I recently received what seemed like the billionth email from Pottery Barn. While I love their stuff, I am kinda on a budget and I don't need to be reminded how each of my sparsely furnished rooms are kinda pathetic. Here's their refreshing take on unsubscribing.
Dear Pottery Barn Subscriber,

We understand how daunting a full inbox can be. If you would like to receive fewer emails from us, simply select from the options below.

Book report: Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

This book report originally appeared on the Team Rubber blog.

“Don’t Make Me Think!” is fun to say, and is rather fun to read too.