1. DESIGNING FOR
INFORMATIONAL
USER EXPERIENCES
A RWD WORKFLOW
A workshop in several acts
by Morten Rand-Hendriksen
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2. @MOR10
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3. +
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4. FLO RIDA
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6. Jan van Hellemond: https://goo.gl/OBcEdP
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8. Saturday, May 30, 15

9. More people today have access to a
cell phone than a clean toilet.
The World Bank: http://goo.gl/WdTGyg
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12. THE WEB IS OUR
OPPORTUNITY
TO BE BETTER
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13. Saturday, May 30, 15

14. THE WEB IS THE
COMMUNICATION
PLATFORM
OF OUR GENERATION
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15. INFORMATIONAL
USER EXPERIENCES
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16. NOPE
NOPE
MAYBE
ALL OF THIS
ALL OF THIS
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17. NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
MAYBE
ALL OF THIS
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18. MAYBE
ALL OF THIS
NOPE
NOPE
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19. NOPE
NOPE
MAYBE
MAYBE
NOPE
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20. NOPE NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
PROBABLY THIS
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21. Saturday, May 30, 15

22. CONTENT-FIRST
UNDERSTANDABLE
MOBILEACCESSIBLE
IUX
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
Saturday, May 30, 15

23. UNDERSTANDABLE
MOBILE
IUX
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
CONTENT-FIRST
ACCESSIBLE
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
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24. There is no ‘ideal’
platform or browser;
there is only
content and people.
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25. http://uu-k1.no/gardermoen/
Accessibility means the user decides
the best way for them to access the content.
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26. Larry Miller
CC BY-SA
https://goo.gl/9yQCbD
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27. Conrad Sykes: https://youtu.be/cp2rBW1hji0
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28. At the core of good
design lies empathy
for the user.
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29. At the core of good
design lies empathy
for people.
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35. Understand the user:
their motivations,
their circumstance,
their reason to be here.
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36. All people care about
is your content.
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37. You can create good experiences without
knowing the content. What you can’t do
is create good experiences without
knowing your content structure.
What is your content made from,
not what your content is.
Mark Boulton: http://goo.gl/NJ3OiV
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38. Atomic Design: http://goo.gl/W1OWPM
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39. IDA AALEN:
http://goo.gl/jBzJEd
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40. STEPHANIE LEARY
Content Strategy for
WordPress
http://goo.gl/OooOLA
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45. Wired:
http://goo.gl/LCR2LP
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47. Mobile users expect pages to load as fast
or faster than they load on the desktop.
85%
http://goo.gl/T90nV3
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49. Wired:
http://goo.gl/LCR2LP
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50. flickr.com/kwl
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51. Design to support content:
know its use case,
know its value,
work like a bespoke tailor.
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52. For most WordPress
powered sites,
we know nothing
about the content
or its structure.
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53. but seriously
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55. “Business” is not a use case.
Morten the Northman
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56. As an industry, we sell websites like
paintings. Instead, we should be
selling beautiful and easy access to
content, agnostic of device,
screen size, or context.
Dan Mall: http://goo.gl/YDZLH9
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57. Saturday, May 30, 15

58. BUTTON
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59. DEATH BY GENERICIDE
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61. flickr.com/kwl
BE OPINIONATED
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64. USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
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65. UNDERSTANDABLE
IUX
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
ACCESSIBLE
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
MOBILE
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTENT-FIRST
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66. More people today have access to a
cell phone than a clean toilet.
The World Bank: http://goo.gl/WdTGyg
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67. The web is mobile.
Large screens are the
edge case.
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68. #MOBILEGEDDON
21
APRIL
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69. flickr.com/kwl
Make our blob
responsive ready so I
can read it on my
retina iPhone watch!
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70. OpenSignal: http://goo.gl/JLoRVd
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72. http://cssmediaqueries.com/target/
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74. The web has
no breakpoints.
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75. Devices have
no breakpoints.
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76. Breakpoints are a
design decision.
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77. Breakpoints belong
with the element.
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78. ELEMENT
QUERY
ELEMENT
QUERY
QUERY
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79. 1. Start with the smallest screen.
2. Widen the viewport.
3. Stop when it looks like garbage.
4. Add a breakpoint.
RWD WORKFLOW
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80. http://bradfrost.com/demo/ish/
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82. of Americans own a smartphone.
64%
http://goo.gl/50VRc2
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83. of Americans rely on their smartphone
for access to the internet.
19%
http://goo.gl/50VRc2
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84. Size of the average web page,
of which 1300kB are images.
2MB
http://httparchive.org/
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88. • Optimize all images before upload
• Activate RICG Responsive Images
• Use SVGs whenever possible
• Grunticon will save you
RWD TENANTS
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89. • Test
• Test
• Test
• Test
• Also, TEST
RWD TENANTS
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90. Facebook on mobile has a browser!
Facebook on mobile has a browser?
Facebook on mobile has a browser...
Every mobile Facebook user
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91. Mobile users expect pages to load as fast
or faster than they load on the desktop.
85%
http://goo.gl/T90nV3
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92. RWD
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE
OPTIMIZATION
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93. RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
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94. IUX
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
ACCESSIBLE
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTENT-FIRST
UNDERSTANDABLE
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
MOBILE
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95. Consider thumbs
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97. Scott Hurff: http://goo.gl/Ih5Prn
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99. flickr.com/kwl
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101. The phone in your pocket is
more powerful than the
computer that was used to
design the first iPhone.*
* Citation needed. Don’t quote me on it.
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102. Bijan Sabet: https://goo.gl/7h2BvD
Our things
can do
awesome
stuff if we let
them.
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103. Brad Frost: http://goo.gl/UBCiMX
ADAPTIVE MAPS
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104. Dmitry Semenov: http://goo.gl/ZpXiFi
CONDITIONAL LIGHTBOX
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105. Nick Williams: http://goo.gl/etpgPN
DYNAMIC STICKY HEADER
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106. time & space
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107. Tomomi Imura: https://vimeo.com/79466285
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108. http://caniuse.com
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109. Most connected
devices use touch as
their primary input.
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110. With touch
there is no :hover.
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111. :hover is now
graceful degradation.
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112. flickr.com/kwl
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113. :hover is now
graceful degradation.
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114. http://modernizr.com/
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115. CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
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116. IUX
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTENT-FIRST
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
MOBILE
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
ACCESSIBLE
UNDERSTANDABLE
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117. This Door is the Epitome
of User Experience Design
by Kelly Jepsen
https://goo.gl/uTH38u
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118. This Door is the Epitome
of User Experience Design...
Because It’s Hard to Get It Right
The First Time
by Cameron Moll
https://goo.gl/GDpEKj
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120. Wikimedia Commons
http://goo.gl/8oMQy6
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121. Edson Chilundo: https://goo.gl/SmdGNW
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123. Medium: https://goo.gl/ApoaP8
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124. Traditionally an underline was
used for emphasis (...)
(...) the use of underline for links,
especially in paragraphs of text, is
semantically different from this
classical use.
Ilya Birman: http://goo.gl/4C0nM3
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125. Wired: http://goo.gl/w51Chy
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126. The FOLD
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127. BUTTON
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128. If you are assuming people engage
above the fold (...), you are likely
wrong.
More engagement happens right at
and below the fold than above.
LukeW: http://goo.gl/XrTA0V
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129. http://goo.gl/LsOrYX
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130. http://goo.gl/LsOrYX
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131. LukeW: http://goo.gl/XrTA0V
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136. BUTTON
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137. BUTTON
Surprisingly you are able to read this sentence!
90vh
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138. Speaking of
Pagination...
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141. Pagination (of articles)
is anti-user.
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144. MENU
7.2%
increase
BBC: http://goo.gl/z3N19t
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145. 22.4%
increase
BBC: http://goo.gl/z3N19t
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146. MENU 20%
increase
BBC: http://goo.gl/z3N19t
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147. https://goo.gl/bkXkPk
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148. The hamburger is
bad for you.
Sadly, as of now I have
no better options.
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149. LukeW: Obvious Always Wins - http://goo.gl/5Eqb3u
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150. LukeW: Obvious Always Wins - http://goo.gl/5Eqb3u
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151. CONTENT-FIRST
UNDERSTANDABLE
MOBILEACCESSIBLE
IUX
USER-CENTRIC
EMPATHETIC
RESPONSIVE
PERFORMANT
CONTEXTUAL
ENHANCED
INTUITIVE
INFORMATIVE
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152. @MOR10
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