--- title: Everything you know about UX is probably wrong | daily.dev description: A reflection on Nick De Voil's 'User Experience Foundations' that challenges common misconceptions about UX. Key insights include: UX is not a deliverable or... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-know-about-ux-is-probably-wrong-qevsisf4b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Everything you know about UX is probably wrong | daily.dev og:description: A reflection on Nick De Voil's 'User Experience Foundations' that challenges common misconceptions about UX. Key insights include: UX is not a deliverable or... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/everything-you-know-about-ux-is-probably-wrong-qevsisf4b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qeVsiSf4B.png og:image:alt: Everything you know about UX is probably wrong og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Everything you know about UX is probably wrong **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A reflection on Nick De Voil's 'User Experience Foundations' that challenges common misconceptions about UX. Key insights include: UX is not a deliverable or role but a person's perceptions and responses; designers can only create conditions for UX, not the experience itself; 'UI/UX' is a category error; self-oriented design is a pervasive failure mode; behavior-based research (contextual inquiry) is far more valuable than opinion-based methods like surveys; and ISO 9241-210's six human-centered design principles — including continuous user involvement, iterative design, and multidisciplinary teams — are rarely executed properly despite being widely cited. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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