UX is an art (crossed with a science) of thin margins.
The difference between okay and epic can literally be a single line of context, a notification or a relatively mundane feature.
Well Audible, I’ve tasted your menu, and here are some things to change:
Nudging repeat purchases
- Automatically refresh and reorder the “for you” carousels. I want to see more items.
- If I drag a carousel to the end, fetch more results like Amazon do.
- If I refresh the page, find new featured books to show. I’m sick of looking at the same one all day.
- If I get to the final chapter of a book (acknowledgments), mark it as “finished” automatically. My library is full of books with seconds or minutes left.
- When it says “because you listened to”, let me click on that component to find a full search of similar titles.
- Make it clear what the price per credit is, instead of “3 credits for £28.99” and making me work it out.
- Show “days until your next credit” in days, not in a date. I.e., “7 days until your next credit” is more useful than printing a date.
- Mark the cheapest option of purchase, if the book is in a deal and cheaper than buying credits.
- After buying credits, don’t make me refresh the page to see them. Just refresh automatically and take me back to that book.
- The bar charts for listening time are really broken. Fix ‘em.
- The “riddle” badges are nonsense, just tell me what I need to do to unlock them.
- Then, let me track my progress towards the badge. Show me a progress bar or something. I’ve got no idea how close I am.
There we go Audible, 12 things to fix.
If you’re into UX, you can read the full analysis here, including cheatsheets and a meme of someone being wedgied.
Enjoy.
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