Svein-Magnus Sørensen gave a presentation titled "Building a boat on the water - or how to improve user experience in existing solutions" at the Roots Conference on May 23rd 2011. The presentation outlined 5 simple guidelines for improving user experience: 1) ensure identity is clear, 2) separate elements visually, 3) keep menus few, simple and readable, 4) avoid filler text that does not communicate well, and 5) visualize data when possible. The presentation used examples and illustrations to demonstrate how following these guidelines can enhance user experience in existing systems and solutions.

1. Building a boat on the water
or how to improve user experience in existing solutions
Roots Conference, May 23rd 2011
Svein-Magnus Sørensen
Senior Business Analyst
Twitter: @SveinMagnus
http://slideshare.net/sveinmagnus
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2. User Experience is balancing desires
Business
requirements
User
behaviour
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3. Art project by Michael Johansson (All rights reserved) 3
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4. 5 simple guidelines to easily
improve user experience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/2198193461/ 4
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5. 1. Identity matters!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/trois-tetes/5195847/ 5
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10. 2. Separate elements visually
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16. 3. Keep menus few, simple and readable
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minxlj/2468654950/ 16
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22. 4. Filler text doesn’t communicate well
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spinjenny/2285247513/ 22
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25. 5. Visualize data when possible
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29. 1. Identity matters!
2. Separate elements visually
3. Keep menus few, simple and readable
4. Filler text doesn’t communicate well
5. Visualize data when possible
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