This is cute. TunnelBear VPN account setup
Not affiliated with them in any way, was testing the VPN and liked this little bit.
They say make UX delightful, but I find it rarely is.
I used Tunnelbear for years and they have so many delightful interactions like this both in the product and on their website.
The animation they use when you turn on the VPN (the bear digs a hole and tunnels to your location) was always so fun.
They also used the bear to try and guilt trip me when I cancelled my account haha.
TunnelBear is amazing. I even sent them an email a few years ago just to tell them that they should give a massive raise to their UX and graphic designers. They gave me 3 months of premium access for free haha
They have so many cool designs and mini animations on their website.
Its great when you see that character and charm that we kinda got stripped of when everything got a lot more streamlined, because the two aren’t exclusive at all
This is one of the best examples that illustrate what it means to use microinteractions. “Cute” is the perfect definition.
Yeah, their UI has quite a few of these kinds of “add delight” touches but they use (used to? not sure if they still do) some mild dark patterns to discourage unsubscribing like putting a “sad bear” on the form.
Why are we celebrating this specific company for ripping off a design that has been around for probably a decade now? They didn’t come up with the concept and they didn’t do anything new here.
Examples: Fun UI Password Fields 🙈🐵– now you see it now you don’t! | by Graeme | Prototypr
This is fun. The inputs should still have labels though.
r/irleastereggs
This is adorable!!!
I love Tunnel Bear and their design
I think what sets TunnelBear apart is their dedication to privacy and security along with all the cute and fun shit.
Cure53 audits, no logging, etc. They were the first VPN company to do this, all the other big brands just jumped on that bandwagon and stole the idea.
That and their dedication to helping out those in censored/authoritarian countries bypass local censorship.
Yoooo this is so cute! Brilliant idea. But design needs improvement
This brings me joy on many levels
Thank you for this good/fun UX example. I added it to the website UXamples. https://uxamples.com/ux/8-Tunnelbear
But what’s really the point here? To watch the bear while you type your password? Isn’t this distracting?
It’s fun, but I doubt many people will even notice this, especially considering how many have account and password managers.
Yeah tunnelbear really pays attention to this stuff. The animation when you turn it on or switch to a different country is great as well.
‘…bearly is…’ in this case.
The last part is actually a prettty strong use case. Never would’ve thought a fun illustration would be functional like that for business goals