CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Inside Amazon’s Painstaking Pursuit to Teach Alexa French Context: If localization were easy, everyone would be doing it. Synopsis: As shocking as it may sound to us Americans, not everyone in the world speaks English. It’s true. There are … Continued
Title: Why chatbots fail Context: Chatbots are the new hotness. Or as a chatbot might say: “Can you rephrase that? I didn’t understand what you meant.” Synopsis: Everybody and their natural language processing framework wants to build a chatbot these … Continued
Title: 9 simple but powerful UX writing tips for designers Context: The person who would design should first know how to write. Synopsis: The root of simplicity is clarity. The conceit of design is that clarity is the product of … Continued
Title: The Grammar of Interactivity Context: Wording on buttons is very often a hot button issue. (Get it?) Synopsis: “Update your details.” “Check my messages.” “Use our help system to figure out why you can’t figure out what to do.” … Continued
Title: The secret origin of “log in” Context: The language of the computer interface borrows heavily from other disciplines, most of which makes no sense. Synopsis: Why do we “log in”? It’s a phrase that we are all very familiar … Continued
Title: The Grammar of Interactivity Context: Fluency in the language of user experience is tough to master. Synopsis: Remember how much you hated English class in high school? “I’m going to become a designer so I never have to conjugate … Continued
Title: Yours vs. Mine Context: Words matter. How to use language correctly in your UI. Synopsis: How much ownership do you really feel over an interface? Maybe it’s “my” email, but is it “my” Gmail? Complexity exists even in the … Continued
Language is still one of the most emotive parts of user experience design. Use it wisely. via youtube.com