The document discusses user experience design for mobile applications. It covers keys to a good user experience, user-centered design principles, and five things to know about people. The agenda includes user-centered design, prototyping, developing, and testing an application using user feedback to refine it. The goal is to establish an emotional connection with users by understanding limitations and creating intuitive designs.

1. Application Design
User Experience Raising the bar at software
development!
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2. Agenda…
 Keys to a good User experience
 User Cantered Design
 5 things you need to know about people
 Establishing an emotional connection
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3. User experience
An Experience is what a
person thinks, feels
and
perceives, before, duri
ng and after using a
product or service.
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4. Four Approaches to Design*
 User-centered Design
 Activity-centered Design
 Systems Design
 Genius Design
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5. User Centered Design
User at the center
before, during and after
development
 Know your user
 Prototype
 Develop
 Test and refine
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6. know your user.
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7. Prototype
Propose
Refine
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8. Develop
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9. Test and Refine
Usability = Efficient to use + Easy to Learn
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5 things
you need
to know
about
people
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11. People Don't Want to Work or Think More Than They Have To
Only provide the features that people really need
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12. People Have Limitations
Make the information easy to scan
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13. People are easily
distracted
Bright colors, large
fonts, beeps, and
tones will capture
attention.
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14. People Create Mental Models
Either match or teach about your models
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15. Things that are close together are believed to "go" together.
Simple way to organize information
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16. Establish an emotional
connection
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17. Is this cheating?
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18. Your turn
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