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UX insights and example engagements

Practical articles about usability testing, accessibility, conversion and the kinds of client questions our work can investigate.

Onboarding usability testing

Helping a recovery app earn trust during onboarding

Sensitive onboarding · early retention

How usability research examined a substantial opening diagnostic, daily prompts, reminder pressure and an eight-week programme without confusing completion with trust.

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Patient portal usability testing

Making a patient portal easier to register for and understand

Patient testing · accessibility

An example engagement that covered identity checks, appointments, results, consent language, support and testing with people who had different access needs.

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App retention and churn research

Why retained users rarely opened a security app

Passive retention · messaging research

How research distinguished healthy background use from unresolved uncertainty, and why more notifications and app opens spent rather than built trust.

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Checkout usability testing

The checkout worked, so why were customers still leaving?

Mobile checkout · conversion evidence

An example that combined analytics and moderated testing around delivery costs, guest checkout, returns, payment errors and customer reassurance.

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Customer feedback research

From feedback counts to service decisions

Feedback design · service research

How page feedback, support contacts, analytics and short research sessions were combined into evidence the service team could act on.

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EAA · Regulation

European Accessibility Act in Ireland: website guide 2026

Regulatory overview · reviewed August 2026

What Ireland's rules cover, the service-provider exemption for microenterprises, which regulator handles each sector, and what evidence to prepare before remediation.

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Methodology

Heuristic audit vs usability testing: which one first?

9 min read · methodology

Both are useful. They surface different things. Doing them in the wrong order wastes budget. Here's how to sequence them for an Irish small-business site.

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Conversion · CRO

Eight UX patterns that quietly kill conversion

10 min read · CRO

Common UX mistakes on Irish small-business websites that hurt conversion without ever showing up in analytics — and the fixes that surface measurable lift within a sprint.

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Conversion · Diagnostics

Conversion-blocking UX: diagnose what's stopping visitors from converting

12 min read · CRO

The four categories of conversion-blocking UX — and the step-by-step diagnostic process for identifying which ones are costing you conversions right now.

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