User

Experience

Design

what EVEN IS IT

OF GOOD AND BAD UX

WHY DOES IT MATTER

FIND EXAMPLES

The bad

We know it when we see it or use it.

The good

What makes a design good?

It doesn't just look nice

Good design anticipates a user's needs

Anticipate and give the user

what they need

when they need it

context

contextual design

  • Explicit interaction
  • Implicit interaction
  • Information when the user needs it
  • Information when the user doesn't
    know they need it
  • Meta data like location, time of day, etc

Consider your user:

How familiar are they with tech? with your app?

What are they trying to accomplish?

What do they want to do?

Empathy

Empathetic Design

  • Personas
  • User stories
  • Consider voice/tone
  • Forgiving
  • Intuitive
  • Consistent
  • Seamless learning curve

Test everything!

Ask questions

Don't assume you know the answers

Don't assume you know the right questions

Science

User Testing

  • Don't Make Me Think - by Steve Krug
  • Do it early and often
  • Get a lot of people to try your app
  • Prepare for frustration and disbelief

Human Interface

Guidelines

Material Design

Resources

One last sidenote

As with your code,

avoid cleverness

for the sake of being clever

Be this guy for the user

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