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find-and-sign-up-for-an-ai-powered-works on www.notion.so

Target https://www.notion.so
Mode usability  ·  Device desktop
Persona product-ux-lead-signup-flow-audi-021f  ·  Provider anthropic  ·  Cost $0.0896
Outcome abandoned — I ran out of patience scrolling through the Notion landing page. While I found multiple "Get Notion free" CTAs in the header, I spent significant time orienting myself to the page structure as instructed. The homepage has extensive marketing content about agents, features, customer testimonials, and product promotions (Notion Mail, Notion Calendar). This creates friction before reaching the actual signup flow. A skeptical power user would grow frustrated with the long scroll and would prefer a more direct path to the signup form. I did not complete the signup process as the session reached its patience limit during the navigation phase.
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3 behavioral findings

unknown / unknown   Axe accessibility scan detected 2 critical/serious violations: (1) color-contrast failure on 2 elements (does not meet WCAG 2 AA minimum), and (2) list structure violation on 4 elements. Additionally, 86 tap-target violations were found, with the smallest interactive element at only 16px (well below the 44px WCAG 2.5.5 minimum).

Category accessibility  ·  Failure mode other  ·  Where homepage, multiple elements
Journey stage unknown  ·  Recoverability unknown  ·  Priority none
Expected All interactive elements should meet WCAG 2.5.5 minimum tap-target size of 44×44px. Text and UI elements should meet WCAG 2 AA color contrast ratios (at least 4.5:1 for normal text). Lists should be properly structured with `<ul>/<ol>` and `<li>` elements.
Objective signal axe: 2 critical/serious violations; color-contrast: 2 element(s); list: 4 element(s); tap-target.violations = 86; tap-target.smallest-px = 16px (required: 44px minimum per WCAG 2.5.5)
Trust unconfirmed  ·  Confidence 95%
Suggested fix Audit and fix color contrast on all text and interactive elements to achieve at least 4.5:1 ratio for normal text and 3:1 for large text. Ensure all interactive elements (buttons, links, inputs) are at least 44×44px. Restructure any improperly nested lists using semantic HTML (`<ul>`, `<ol>`, `<li>`).

unknown / unknown   The homepage loads with a dom-content-loaded time of 5010ms (>5 seconds) and First Contentful Paint at 2536ms. Video assets (web-status-reporter and web-task-router marketing videos) fail to load with net::ERR_ABORTED. Multiple third-party tracking and analytics requests (Google Analytics, DoubleClick, LinkedIn Ads) also fail.

Category performance-latency  ·  Failure mode other  ·  Where homepage, video sections
Journey stage unknown  ·  Recoverability unknown  ·  Priority none
Expected Homepage should load quickly (target <2s dom-content-loaded) with all above-fold content rendering without unnecessary delays. Marketing assets should either load reliably or degrade gracefully.
Objective signal dom-content-loaded-ms = 5010; cwv.fcp-ms = 2536; request-failed: GET https://videos.ctfassets.net/spoqsaf9291f/3xpS1KlpBGIYvPV48fJVM9/... — net::ERR_ABORTED (repeated across steps 2, 4, 6, 8, 10); Multiple failed POST requests to Google Analytics and DoubleClick endpoints.
Trust verified  ·  Confidence 80%
Suggested fix Reduce dom-content-loaded time below 3 seconds. Preload or lazy-load video assets appropriately. Consider deferring non-critical tracking pixels or move them to the signup/logged-in pages where they have higher value.

unknown / unknown   Multiple Content Security Policy (CSP) violations were logged: requests to api.ipify.org, stats.g.doubleclick.net, and nam.veta.naver.com were blocked. Console errors show 'Failed to fetch' and CSP directive violations. These failures do not visibly break the user experience but indicate overly restrictive CSP rules blocking legitimate third-party integrations.

Category content  ·  Failure mode other  ·  Where homepage, analytics/tracking layer
Journey stage unknown  ·  Recoverability unknown  ·  Priority none
Expected Third-party services required for analytics, personalization, or other integrations should be properly whitelisted in the CSP connect-src directive, or the site should not attempt to call them.
Objective signal console-error: Connecting to 'https://api.ipify.org/?format=json' violates the following Content Security Policy directive; console-error: Fetch API cannot load https://api.ipify.org/?format=json. Refused to connect because it violates the document's Content Security Policy; request-failed: GET https://nam.veta.naver.com/nac/2 — csp
Trust verified  ·  Confidence 70%
Suggested fix Review and audit the CSP policy. Either whitelist required third-party services in the connect-src directive, or remove the client-side calls to external APIs that are being blocked. Ensure all tracking and analytics integrations are properly configured in the CSP.