CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Icon Usability Context: Nobody knows what your icon means. It’s just science. Synopsis: After weeks of struggle, you finally solved it. You came up with an icon to represent some abstract concept in your navigation schema, that you are … Continued
Title: Choosing the Right Metrics for User Experience Context: Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. Einstein said that. I just repeated it. Synopsis: Analytics are easy, right? Just treat all of … Continued
Title: A conversation about design Context: Very brief insights from the Google design team. They say “simple” a lot. Synopsis: Design cultures all have their own core set of beliefs, yet at the same time those beliefs are also predicated … Continued
Title: Hey, Designers: Stop Trying To Be So Damned Clever Context: There is a such a thing as being too clever. Yes, even for designers. Synopsis: “No one’s ever done it this way before!” The exultant refrain of a (most … Continued
Title: Tablet Usability Context: Do your users use tablets? Who cares! You want to build that slick iPad app no matter what they are really doing. Synopsis: Who doesn’t have a tablet these days? Your kids? Of course. Your mom? … Continued
Title: Experience Rot Context: Feature creep = User experience rot Synopsis: The high point – user experience wise – of any software is its first release. This will be the simplest, most economical, singular realization of the product vision that … 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: iOS 7 User-Experience Appraisal Context: Lots of hype around iOS 7 usability improvements. But how much of it is warranted? Synopsis: As we play our never ending game of “keeping up with the latest OS improvements”, our most recent … Continued
Title: Why People Don’t Understand How to Use Your Software Context: Cross functional teams are the best way to design software. And the worst. Synopsis: The biggest difference between the team designing the software and the people using it is … Continued
Title: Software usability Context: If pictures are worth a thousand words then infographics have to be worth a couple gazillion at least. Synopsis: You can talk about the benefits of software usability until you are blue in the face, but … Continued
Title: Usable yet Useless: Why Every Business Needs Product Discovery Context: He who would choose to succeed must first understand what success looks like. Synopsis: There are many different types of complexity that designers face when working on a solution … Continued
Title: How to prioritise usability problems Context: Problematic problems can be problematic to solve. Probably. Synopsis: Good luck trying to make something without any usability issues. It’s probably not even possible. So we shouldn’t be so concerned with the existence … Continued
Designing across all of the different platforms is hard. Guidelines make it easy(er). via usabilitygeek.com
Title: Designing Enjoyable User Interfaces: Lessons learned from computer games Context: The next time someone uses the word “gamification” don’t punch them in the face even though they obviously deserve it for using that word, instead explain to them that … Continued