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