CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Usability Testing of Fruit Context: Just because you’ve always used something doesn’t make it usable. Best Bit: At least oranges aren’t grapefruit. via youtube.com
Title: The Psychology of Waiting, Loading Animations, and Facebook Context: Sometimes perception is more important than truth. Especially when giving the user feedback. Synopsis: Milliseconds matter in application design. End users are notoriously impatient when waiting on a piece of … Continued
Title: How Facebook Did UX Testing For Facebook Home (With Fewer Than 60 People) Context: It’s not the size of the usability test, it’s what you do with the data. Synopsis: Facebook engages more users in a single second than … Continued
Title: The Art of Guerilla Usability Testing Context: No time, budget, or access to full usability research resources? Go guerrilla on their ass instead. Synopsis: For those of you who have the luxury of full time research resources at your … Continued
Title: What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen? Context: Knowing how you want users to behave and how users actually behave are rarely the same thing. Synopsis: This has to be one of the most interesting anecdotes about how … Continued
Title: How to Create Compelling Brand Experiences Context: Features? So what. Experiences? Yes please. Synopsis: Many companies, agencies and consultants spend hour upon hour with customers asking them what new features they want to see in the products they use. … Continued