CASE 05

Noon UAE: First-Time Buyer Journey

Heuristic evaluation from sign-up to a blocked checkout

E-commerce UX
!Problem

A new user signs up, browses, adds a product and tries to check out, and is blocked by an unserviceable address with no way forward.

→Approach

Expert walkthrough of the live Noon UAE website (Oct 2026), each issue mapped to Nielsen's heuristics and UX laws: a three-step email OTP detour (Jakob), 8+ competing elements on the product page (Miller), ~24px close buttons (Fitts).

✓Outcome

7 findings and 6 redesign directions: simplify onboarding, chunk the product page, protect checkout, make errors recoverable, fix click targets, earn the star rating.

Key frameworksHeuristic EvaluationJakob's LawMiller's LawFitts's LawEdge Cases

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