Mario Guzman
@guzmanmario.com
Product Designer based in SF.
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Great UX = empathy + clarity.
Design like someone’s confused, distracted, and on 5% battery.
Assume challenging conditions while trusting your users' intelligence. Stay humble about your design, listen, test and ship.
Design like someone’s confused, distracted, and on 5% battery.
Assume challenging conditions while trusting your users' intelligence. Stay humble about your design, listen, test and ship.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Great UX = empathy + clarity.
Design like someone’s confused, distracted, and on 5% battery.
Assume challenging conditions while trusting your users' intelligence. Stay humble about your design, listen, test and ship.
Design like someone’s confused, distracted, and on 5% battery.
Assume challenging conditions while trusting your users' intelligence. Stay humble about your design, listen, test and ship.
5. Poor contrast
Design should work before color.
Text needs to be readable for everyone, not just people with 20/20 vision.
Design should work before color.
Text needs to be readable for everyone, not just people with 20/20 vision.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
5. Poor contrast
Design should work before color.
Text needs to be readable for everyone, not just people with 20/20 vision.
Design should work before color.
Text needs to be readable for everyone, not just people with 20/20 vision.
4. Walls of text
No one reads long blocks.
Break
content
into
chunks.
Use headers, bullets, and spacing for scannability.
No one reads long blocks.
Break
content
into
chunks.
Use headers, bullets, and spacing for scannability.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
4. Walls of text
No one reads long blocks.
Break
content
into
chunks.
Use headers, bullets, and spacing for scannability.
No one reads long blocks.
Break
content
into
chunks.
Use headers, bullets, and spacing for scannability.
3. Hidden key actions on mobile
Navigation shouldn’t require detective work. If a feature gives you money or show be accesible in just few clicks.
Test everything on small screens. Touch targets should be at least 44x44px. 32 x 32 px if you are pushing it.
Navigation shouldn’t require detective work. If a feature gives you money or show be accesible in just few clicks.
Test everything on small screens. Touch targets should be at least 44x44px. 32 x 32 px if you are pushing it.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
3. Hidden key actions on mobile
Navigation shouldn’t require detective work. If a feature gives you money or show be accesible in just few clicks.
Test everything on small screens. Touch targets should be at least 44x44px. 32 x 32 px if you are pushing it.
Navigation shouldn’t require detective work. If a feature gives you money or show be accesible in just few clicks.
Test everything on small screens. Touch targets should be at least 44x44px. 32 x 32 px if you are pushing it.
2. Vague CTAs
“Submit” and “Click here” aren’t helpful.
Clear CTAs increase conversion.
“Start free trial” → “Click here” (for what?)
“Submit” and “Click here” aren’t helpful.
Clear CTAs increase conversion.
“Start free trial” → “Click here” (for what?)
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
2. Vague CTAs
“Submit” and “Click here” aren’t helpful.
Clear CTAs increase conversion.
“Start free trial” → “Click here” (for what?)
“Submit” and “Click here” aren’t helpful.
Clear CTAs increase conversion.
“Start free trial” → “Click here” (for what?)
1. No visual hierarchy
Users don’t know where to look. Use font weights, spacing, and contrast to guide attention intentionally.
Become best friends with white space and don’t let everything scream.
Users don’t know where to look. Use font weights, spacing, and contrast to guide attention intentionally.
Become best friends with white space and don’t let everything scream.
May 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
1. No visual hierarchy
Users don’t know where to look. Use font weights, spacing, and contrast to guide attention intentionally.
Become best friends with white space and don’t let everything scream.
Users don’t know where to look. Use font weights, spacing, and contrast to guide attention intentionally.
Become best friends with white space and don’t let everything scream.
Big tech doesn’t feel like the dream anymore.
Now you are better off building your own thing, and trying to monetize from it.
Now you are better off building your own thing, and trying to monetize from it.
February 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Big tech doesn’t feel like the dream anymore.
Now you are better off building your own thing, and trying to monetize from it.
Now you are better off building your own thing, and trying to monetize from it.