Notion's Onboarding Experience: A Case of Simplicity and Delightfulness

There is practically nothing of consequence in this article. Only two examples, neither of which are any different from what most of the SAAS software providers have as part of their onboarding.

Complete waste of time, IMHO.

That is some rather shallow analysis. For example, in the first image, two interesting things stand out to me. 1, apparently you have to choose how you will use Notion before you start using it, which isn’t really a choice you can make with any confidence at that point. 2, both options are labeled “free” but with a qualifier, as if that helps me make the decision rather than create a vague feeling that I’m walking into a pricing trap.

Instead of breaking down these things, the article just points out that Notion didn’t use irrelevant illustrations.

One of Notions worst features is their "automatically created account" nonsense. Sometimes I attempt to log in with the wrong email, and all of a sudden I have a new notion account, and need to fumble my way through the 'getting started' wizard before it lets me log out (at least on mobile).

Well my own onboarding experience was significantly worse.

https://imgur.com/a/7MvAqXp

When did the term onboarding start to be applied to applications? Until a year or two ago, I had only heard of it as an HR term.

It's got Electrolytes