Comments on: Design for addiction: Three rules from Tetris and Twitter http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/thoughts/design_for_addiction_three_rules_fromt_tetris_and_twitter.htm Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Yang-May Ooi http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/thoughts/design_for_addiction_three_rules_fromt_tetris_and_twitter.htm/comment-page-1#comment-121 Yang-May Ooi Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:33:31 +0000 http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/?p=348#comment-121 Frightening thought, that people's attention span is no more than 2-3 seconds - and if you keep them waiting for longer than that you've lost them from your site/ application. I wonder if there's such a thing as App Rage - where people end up throwing their gadget across the room in rage for being kept waiting for longer than those few seconds....? Frightening thought, that people’s attention span is no more than 2-3 seconds – and if you keep them waiting for longer than that you’ve lost them from your site/ application. I wonder if there’s such a thing as App Rage – where people end up throwing their gadget across the room in rage for being kept waiting for longer than those few seconds….?

]]> By: Daniel Szuc http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/thoughts/design_for_addiction_three_rules_fromt_tetris_and_twitter.htm/comment-page-1#comment-119 Daniel Szuc Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:48:42 +0000 http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/?p=348#comment-119 Good reading and so much can be said about optimizing key journeys or functions first and then building around that. Good reading and so much can be said about optimizing key journeys or functions first and then building around that.

]]> By: Philip Morton http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/thoughts/design_for_addiction_three_rules_fromt_tetris_and_twitter.htm/comment-page-1#comment-120 Philip Morton Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:59:57 +0000 http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/?p=348#comment-120 The iPhone/iPod Touch app Flight Control is a prefect example of that. It has the short, simple task of guiding planes down, the gradual increase in difficulty and it just keeps going until you make a mistake. Very, very addictive! It's only about 59p, but they've sold 700k+ copies to date! The iPhone/iPod Touch app Flight Control is a prefect example of that.

It has the short, simple task of guiding planes down, the gradual increase in difficulty and it just keeps going until you make a mistake. Very, very addictive!

It’s only about 59p, but they’ve sold 700k+ copies to date!

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