Creating Usable Websites with Interaction Design Patterns: Do It With Drupal!

CREATING USABLE WEBSITES Do It With Drupal! December 2008

KAREN MCGRANE Bond Art + Science Clients _Founder and Partner _The New York Times School of Visual Arts _Fast Company MFA in Interaction Design _The Atlantic _Interaction Design History _Condé Nast _Design Management _New York Public Library Razorfish _Disney Internet Group _First information architect _Encyclopedia Britannica _VP and National Lead for User Experience 2 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

DRUPAL IS SO POWERFUL! 3 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

DRUPAL HAS TOO MANY OPTIONS. 4 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

Drupal makes so many options available that developers have a hard time knowing how to choose the right ones so that the site makes sense to the user. Could you pick some common interactions and describe how to make them more usable? —Jeff Robbins 5 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

SURE! 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting SURE! 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation SURE! 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search SURE! 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! _Friending 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! _Friending _Recent... 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! _Friending _Recent... _Calendar events 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! _Friending _Recent... _Calendar events _Date/time stamps 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Commenting _Navigation _Search _Listing pages SURE! _Friending _Recent... _Calendar events _Date/time stamps _Rate + Review 6 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

NO. 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables NO. 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases NO. 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases _Can’t cover all needs NO. 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases _Can’t cover all needs _Too prescriptive NO. 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases _Can’t cover all needs _Too prescriptive NO. _Not actionable 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases _Can’t cover all needs _Too prescriptive NO. _Not actionable _Not in context 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

_Too many variables _Can’t cover all cases _Can’t cover all needs _Too prescriptive NO. _Not actionable _Not in context _I don’t have all the answers 7 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

BUT WAIT... 8 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

CREATING USABLE WEBSITES using INTERACTION DESIGN PATTERNS Do It With Drupal! December 2008

WHAT’S AN INTERACTION DESIGN PATTERN? 10 ? Do It With Drupal | December 2008

A pattern describes an optimal solution to a common problem within a specific context. —Christian Crumlish + Erin Malone Authors, Designing Social Interfaces Curators, Yahoo! Pattern Library 11 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

Design patterns describe best practices in design. —Jenifer Tidwell Author, Designing Interfaces Curator, UI Patterns and Techniques Luke Wroblewski, Design Patterns: Introduction, 22 May 2006 12 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

A design pattern is a repeatable design solution, that’s been tested, reviewed, and verified. —James Reffell UI Design Manager, eBay Inc. Curator, eBay Pattern Engine Luke Wroblewski, Design Patterns: Introduction, 22 May 2006 13 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN PATTERNS 14 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

110 MAIN ENTRANCE Conflict Placing the main entrance (or main entrances) is perhaps the single most important step you take during the evolution of a building plan. Resolution Place the main entrance of the building at a point where it can be seen immediately from the main avenues of approach and give it a bold, visible shape which stands out in front of the building. May be part of: Site Repair (104), South Facing Outdoors (105), Wings of Light (107), Circulation Realms (98), Family of Entrances (102). May contain: Family of Entrances (102), Entrance Room (130), Entrance Transition (112), Shielded Parking (97), Car Connection (113). 15 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

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Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice. —Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language 17 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

SOFTWARE DESIGN PATTERNS 18 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

INTERACTION DESIGN PATTERNS 19 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

COMMON GROUND 20 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

DESIGNING INTERFACES 21 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

UI PATTERNS 22 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

WELIE.COM 23 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

YAHOO! DESIGN PATTERN LIBRARY 24 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

DESIGNING SOCIAL INTERFACES 25 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

FLUID OPEN SOURCE DESIGN PATTERN LIBRARY 26 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

INTERACTION DESIGN PATTERNS 1. Identify common design problems 2. Describe solutions that work in practice 3. Explain why those solutions work in terms of general principles 4. Show a variety of concrete visual examples that demonstrate the range of the pattern 27 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME? How to use pattern libraries

LET’S PICK A COMMON PROBLEM

LET’S PICK A COMMON PROBLEM Ratings Reviews Voting

EVALUATION/RATING 30

RATINGS AND REVIEWS 31

VOTE TO PROMOTE 32

RATING 33

HERE’S ANOTHER ONE

HERE’S ANOTHER ONE Collapsible panels Accordion lists Expandy widget

I’M SURE IT’S IN HERE SOMEWHERE... 35

CLOSABLE PANELS 36

COLLAPSIBLE PANELS 37

ACCORDION MENU 38

COLLAPSE TRANSITION 39

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY? Three potential options

1 1. IGNORE THE SUBJECT 41 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

CALL FOR A PATTERN LIBRARY 42 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

2. PARTNER WITH SOMEONE ELSE 43 2 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

THE FLUID PROJECT 44 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

3. ROLL OUR OWN 45 3 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

WHY DRUPAL.ORG NEEDS ITS OWN PATTERN LIBRARY _Give Drupal developers tools to help build more usable websites _Educate teams on a common vocabulary and rationale for design decisions _Address issues unique to Drupal or give specific instructions for how to implement solutions _Put patterns where developers will find them _Take one small step toward more consistency _Create a sense of community and ownership 46 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

WHY DRUPAL.ORG SHOULDN’T BUILD A PATTERN LIBRARY _Many pattern libraries already exist; no need to reinvent the wheel _Patterns already exist as “modules” on Drupal.org _No real community support for the effort _Pattern libraries are too generic and don’t help solve the real problem _Hire an interaction designer, already 47 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

HOW WE MIGHT GO ABOUT BUILDING A PATTERN LIBRARY _Start soliciting “usability problems” on Drupal.org _Create a working group to filter and prioritize _Ask people to upload screenshots of sample solutions _Hold a “Pattern Camp” to review and edit _Encourage commenting and tagging on Drupal.org 48 Do It With Drupal | December 2008

DESIGN PATTERNS SOURCES 49

THANKS! www.bondartscience.com Karen McGrane info@bondartscience.com karen@bondartscience.com 212-226-6344 917-887-8149 @bondartscience @digitrix6

Creating Usable Websites with Interaction Design Patterns: Do It With Drupal!

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