Tips Archives - Pointzi - User Onboarding for Web & Mobile Apps

Tutorial: Recreating Pastebin’s simple tip

We sometimes get questions for more content about using the product and some quick start tutorials. This simple example shows how you can combine an images and text content into a simple tip. Its based on a simple, no nonsense example from one of the web’s busiest sites: Pastebin and its got a clear Call-to-Action →

Google continuous onboarding in 2019

In earlier posts we’ve looked at what Google has done to introduce new features and deepen engagement – we call this continuous onboarding. This post is an update that shows the following key characteristics: Google consistently use tips, popups and feature tours. Tips are ALWAYS simple. Tips are ALWAYS contextual Popups and Tips seem to →

Compare: User onboarding in 2 Meditation apps

I was listening to a podcast recently with the founder of Headspace a popular meditation App. I’d not used the App but many people I know have – what amazed me on the podcast was that it was mentioned their revenues exceed $100M – it appears that the sector is big business! I downloaded a →

Medium’s Tips for teaching new user habits

When Medium replaced “Recommend” with “Claps” great confusion ensued. Here’s how Medium attempts to train us to understand the new feature. Whats the deal? Medium wanted to reward great stories more than good stories. But we’ve all been trained to Heart, Upvote, Like, and with a simple tap “Un-Like” – but that was too restricted for →

How a huge email app uses Coachmarks, Tips & Cards

Inbox is slowly replacing Gmail and it takes a little getting used to because it introduces a few new concepts that are powerful but not familiar. This is a classic case of being able to guide people to understand a concept and deepen their engagement. If they can understand a feature, they will get more →