The perfect overview of usability and user experience, with tips and tricks towards the end. Although dated 2011, the background information and analysis of landscape is still very valid today.
CIS13: How Enterprises Go Mobile: An Introduction to MobileITCloudIDSummit
Josh Sirota, Principal Architect, MobileIron
Enterprises are embracing mobile, but have a lot of different strategies and a lot of different needs from their management tools. IT pros need to understand BYOD and COPE, MDM, MAM and MIM. It's a lot to take in. We will discuss the current state of the Mobile IT industry, the ways that enterprises "go mobile", and what the best-of-breed IT management tools can do to help enterprises achieve their visions and needs.
Internet users are no longer to restricted to browsing on their desktop computers, and many search for information from their smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Here's how to make your site accessible to those mobile users.
Personal computers arrived on campuses around 25 years ago. The Web followed on most college campuses about 10 to 12 years later. Now both technologies are ubiquitous throughout campuses (and everywhere else). The Internet, in tandem with the computer, is used in the classroom, for grading, for faculty-student communication and for myriad other academic and administrative activities. Campus’ today learning environment that is dramatically different from that seen just over two decades ago or even ten years ago. This session discusses the challenges and promises of eBooks.
CIS13: How Enterprises Go Mobile: An Introduction to MobileITCloudIDSummit
Josh Sirota, Principal Architect, MobileIron
Enterprises are embracing mobile, but have a lot of different strategies and a lot of different needs from their management tools. IT pros need to understand BYOD and COPE, MDM, MAM and MIM. It's a lot to take in. We will discuss the current state of the Mobile IT industry, the ways that enterprises "go mobile", and what the best-of-breed IT management tools can do to help enterprises achieve their visions and needs.
Internet users are no longer to restricted to browsing on their desktop computers, and many search for information from their smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Here's how to make your site accessible to those mobile users.
Personal computers arrived on campuses around 25 years ago. The Web followed on most college campuses about 10 to 12 years later. Now both technologies are ubiquitous throughout campuses (and everywhere else). The Internet, in tandem with the computer, is used in the classroom, for grading, for faculty-student communication and for myriad other academic and administrative activities. Campus’ today learning environment that is dramatically different from that seen just over two decades ago or even ten years ago. This session discusses the challenges and promises of eBooks.
Futureproof Your Career: Digital Trends to Make or Break YouU1 Group
Shefik Bey is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of U1 Group, a leading Australian digital user experience consultancy.
In this presentation, he speaks to professional staff at RMIT University (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) about digital trends. By presenting an overview of today's changing landscape, he provides context in which professionals can develop and maintain their careers - and enhance RMIT's organisational resilience at the same time.
Understand what we do at U1 Group and how we help our customers. With 4 practice areas spanning Discovery & Design, Experience Research, Analytics & Insights and Strategy, our team draws upon a range of skills to help you deliver the most memorable user experiences.
A bridge between two worlds – where qual and quant meet: Slides from UX Austr...U1 Group
In a combined presentation with Telstra, we put a unique, fresh and evidence-based approach to the often-controversial topic – qual or quant? We will definitively demonstrate how linking quantitative with qualitative techniques can significantly improve the ability to understand customers – and consequently design services to meet these needs, improve experiences, and ultimately measure success.
Leveraging business intelligence with service design frameworks
Most companies collect a large amount of data in the form of customer feedback, but due to the structure and size it is often underutilised. Let us show you how we created a service framework using this information for Telstra – one that tests the end-to-end customer experience by aligning both quantitative and qualitative research, the best of both worlds! See the techniques we applied, as well as how the framework for Telstra’s products and services relates to service design and testing.
This service framework has provided a better, more holistic service experience for customers. The feedback from our qualitative counterparts has been amazing; it has revolutionised the way they do UX and CX research. Not only do they use it as a tool to understand existing service environments, they can now prioritise findings on key user and customer experiences that have the biggest impact in driving changes and improvements.
Instead of just relying on a small sample of information to make a conclusion about a market or experience, researchers now have the added value of quantitative information to gain further credibility with stakeholders – and ultimately drive better business outcomes.
We hope that our presentation will help you take away what we have learned, and what strategies we recommend, to maximise outcomes for your business too.
Explaining Experience Design in a Simple WayJani Modig
What's the difference between User Experience (UX), Customer Experience (CX) and Service Design? In the following slides you'll find out how I interpret the different parts.
This presentation, on the intersection of branding and user experience, was delivered to students and faculty at the Indiana University School of Informatics on November 13, 2009
Consumers value brand experience more and more when they purchase a product or service. Read our brand experience best practices to learn how to build your brand in a way that will resonate with the people whom you want to reach.
10 Insightful Quotes On Designing A Better Customer ExperienceYuan Wang
In an ever-changing landscape of one digital disruption after another, companies and organisations are looking for new ways to understand their target markets and engage them better. Increasingly they invest in user experience (UX) and customer experience design (CX) capabilities by working with a specialist UX agency or developing their own UX lab. Some UX practitioners are touting leaner and faster ways of developing customer-centric products and services, via methodologies such as guerilla research, rapid prototyping and Agile UX. Others seek innovation and fulfilment by spending more time in research, being more inclusive, and designing for social goods.
Experience is more than just an interface. It is a relationship, as well as a series of touch points between your brand and your customer. Here are our top 10 highlights and takeaways from the recent UX Australia conference to help you transform your customer experience design.
For full article, continue reading at https://yump.com.au/10-ways-supercharge-customer-experience-design/
In my presentation we will talk about what is User Experience (UX) and why it is important nowadays.
Also we will briefly talk about Usability of a product and how to contact some easy Usability tests.
Finally we will learn the 10 Heuristics of Nielsen and revers-engineer our way back to designing thoughtful User Interfaces (UI) based on those rules of thumb.
Disclaimer: I am not a UX researcher or expert! I am a UX enthusiast. I am trying to study and learn as much as I can about UX (workshop, seminars, uni classes, articles etc.) and all I am trying to de here is to make people understand the importance of it, through what I have learned so far.
Nielsen’s heuristics are 10 principles for evaluating the usability of website interfaces, created by computer scientist Jakob Nielsen in 1990. These principles define important points in the composition of interfaces and should be considered when creating layouts.
The 10 principals are as follows:
1.Visibility of System Status
2.Match between System and the Real World
3.User Control and Freedom
4.Consistency and Standards
5.Error Prevention
6.Recognition Rather Than Recall
7.Flexibility and Efficiency of Use
8.Aesthetic and Minimalist Design
9.Help Users Recognize, Diagnose, and Recover from Errors
10.Help and Documentation
Lectures for Masterclass Customer Experience Strategie & Executie @Business University Nyenrode
user/customer centric design principes voor digital touchpoints & Usability & user experience principes
Futureproof Your Career: Digital Trends to Make or Break YouU1 Group
Shefik Bey is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of U1 Group, a leading Australian digital user experience consultancy.
In this presentation, he speaks to professional staff at RMIT University (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) about digital trends. By presenting an overview of today's changing landscape, he provides context in which professionals can develop and maintain their careers - and enhance RMIT's organisational resilience at the same time.
Understand what we do at U1 Group and how we help our customers. With 4 practice areas spanning Discovery & Design, Experience Research, Analytics & Insights and Strategy, our team draws upon a range of skills to help you deliver the most memorable user experiences.
A bridge between two worlds – where qual and quant meet: Slides from UX Austr...U1 Group
In a combined presentation with Telstra, we put a unique, fresh and evidence-based approach to the often-controversial topic – qual or quant? We will definitively demonstrate how linking quantitative with qualitative techniques can significantly improve the ability to understand customers – and consequently design services to meet these needs, improve experiences, and ultimately measure success.
Leveraging business intelligence with service design frameworks
Most companies collect a large amount of data in the form of customer feedback, but due to the structure and size it is often underutilised. Let us show you how we created a service framework using this information for Telstra – one that tests the end-to-end customer experience by aligning both quantitative and qualitative research, the best of both worlds! See the techniques we applied, as well as how the framework for Telstra’s products and services relates to service design and testing.
This service framework has provided a better, more holistic service experience for customers. The feedback from our qualitative counterparts has been amazing; it has revolutionised the way they do UX and CX research. Not only do they use it as a tool to understand existing service environments, they can now prioritise findings on key user and customer experiences that have the biggest impact in driving changes and improvements.
Instead of just relying on a small sample of information to make a conclusion about a market or experience, researchers now have the added value of quantitative information to gain further credibility with stakeholders – and ultimately drive better business outcomes.
We hope that our presentation will help you take away what we have learned, and what strategies we recommend, to maximise outcomes for your business too.
Explaining Experience Design in a Simple WayJani Modig
What's the difference between User Experience (UX), Customer Experience (CX) and Service Design? In the following slides you'll find out how I interpret the different parts.
This presentation, on the intersection of branding and user experience, was delivered to students and faculty at the Indiana University School of Informatics on November 13, 2009
Consumers value brand experience more and more when they purchase a product or service. Read our brand experience best practices to learn how to build your brand in a way that will resonate with the people whom you want to reach.
10 Insightful Quotes On Designing A Better Customer ExperienceYuan Wang
In an ever-changing landscape of one digital disruption after another, companies and organisations are looking for new ways to understand their target markets and engage them better. Increasingly they invest in user experience (UX) and customer experience design (CX) capabilities by working with a specialist UX agency or developing their own UX lab. Some UX practitioners are touting leaner and faster ways of developing customer-centric products and services, via methodologies such as guerilla research, rapid prototyping and Agile UX. Others seek innovation and fulfilment by spending more time in research, being more inclusive, and designing for social goods.
Experience is more than just an interface. It is a relationship, as well as a series of touch points between your brand and your customer. Here are our top 10 highlights and takeaways from the recent UX Australia conference to help you transform your customer experience design.
For full article, continue reading at https://yump.com.au/10-ways-supercharge-customer-experience-design/
In my presentation we will talk about what is User Experience (UX) and why it is important nowadays.
Also we will briefly talk about Usability of a product and how to contact some easy Usability tests.
Finally we will learn the 10 Heuristics of Nielsen and revers-engineer our way back to designing thoughtful User Interfaces (UI) based on those rules of thumb.
Disclaimer: I am not a UX researcher or expert! I am a UX enthusiast. I am trying to study and learn as much as I can about UX (workshop, seminars, uni classes, articles etc.) and all I am trying to de here is to make people understand the importance of it, through what I have learned so far.
Nielsen’s heuristics are 10 principles for evaluating the usability of website interfaces, created by computer scientist Jakob Nielsen in 1990. These principles define important points in the composition of interfaces and should be considered when creating layouts.
The 10 principals are as follows:
1.Visibility of System Status
2.Match between System and the Real World
3.User Control and Freedom
4.Consistency and Standards
5.Error Prevention
6.Recognition Rather Than Recall
7.Flexibility and Efficiency of Use
8.Aesthetic and Minimalist Design
9.Help Users Recognize, Diagnose, and Recover from Errors
10.Help and Documentation
Lectures for Masterclass Customer Experience Strategie & Executie @Business University Nyenrode
user/customer centric design principes voor digital touchpoints & Usability & user experience principes
QualiTest shares a few tips about getting the most out of your web testing. Web applications are some of the most client-exposed content a company can have today. With potentially unlimited amount of users, you will want to ensure you always have a application that is effective and represents your company in a good light.
We've focused on steps and areas you should include when considering the test process for any web application. For more information, visit us at: www.QualiTestGroup.com
User Experience & Design…Designing for others…UEDPreeti Chopra
User-centered design (UCD) techniques,
Simplification of technology as per user’s needs,
User is right,
User testing,
Information architecture,
Interaction design,
ui,
ued
ux
In the absence of a dedicated designer on a project, teams are left with no option but to take a leap of faith where it comes to the quality of usability of a product or feature. As a result although you may deliver great quality code and a feature set net value to the end user and thereby your customer is in question.
The focus of this workshop is to equip non design roles with tools designers use for testing quality of designs.
Two user-interface (UI) design experts from Inductive Automation share effective ways to make your interface design more organized and easier to navigate. They discuss the principles of information architecture and how to apply these practices to build well-structured, intuitive projects.
Two user-interface (UI) design experts from Inductive Automation share effective ways to make your interface design more organized and easier to navigate. They discuss the principles of information architecture and how to apply these practices to build well-structured, intuitive projects.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...
From Usability to User Experience
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Background
From Usability to User Experience
2011
Copyright & Confidentiality
The concepts, ideas, strategies, information, materials, plans and copy contained in this document are presented in absolute confidence and are the property
of UsabilityOne and must not be reproduced, adapted or communicated to third parties in anyway without express permission of UsabilityOne.
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SCOPE
Introductions
Definitions
Historical Context
Heuristics
Background Key Principles
Information Architecture
Forms/transactions
Search
Multimedia
Social Media
Mobile and other Platforms
Writing for the web Techniques and Tools
Why writing for the web is so important
Top 12 writing tips with examples
Website style guides
Contextual analysis
Concept Testing
Card Sorting
Usability Testing (Moderated/Online)
Website Analytics
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WHAT IS USABILITY?
• ...A term used to denote the ease with which people can employ
a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve
a particular goal [Wikipedia.org]
• ...How well users can learn and use a product to achieve their
goals and how satisfied they are with that process [Usability.gov]
• The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which
specified users achieve specified goals in particular
environments. [ISO]
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WHAT IS USER EXPERIENCE?
User experience (UX) is about how a person feels about using a
product, system or service. User experience highlights the
experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of
human-computer interaction and product ownership, but it also
includes a person’s perceptions of the practical aspects such as
utility, ease of use and efficiency of the system. User experience is
subjective in nature, because it is about an individual’s feelings and
thoughts about the system. User experience is dynamic, because it
changes over time as the circumstances change. [Wikipedia.org]
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MATCHING THE SYSTEM WITH THE USER’S NEEDS
• Developers usually build a system to meet a certain workflow
View
products
Select
product
Checkout Credit card
Purchase
complete
• Users often take a different workflow to reach their goal
View
products
Make
comparisons
Select
product
Check
shipping
costs
Checkout
Look for
discounts
coupons
Credit card
Purchase
complete
• Users needs are often different to business and designer’s needs
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MATCHING USER NEEDS WITH BUSINESS OBJECTIVES
Find form easily
Complete form quickly
Sense of security
Easy to find information
User
needs
Business
objectives
Collect customer information
Secure transaction process
Easily updatable site
Work with existing stock
management system
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WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT USABILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE?
• Ensures users can complete their goals as quickly and simply as
possible
• Encourages users to undertake new activities using the product
• Ensures greater efficiency
• Less calls to help desks
• Faster task completion for staff
• Greater spend per sale
• Improves user’s perception of the brand
• Increases repeat use of the product
• Competitive advantage
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COMPUTERS FOR PEOPLE
Xerox Star Apple Lisa
Circa 1981 Circa 1982
Microsoft Windows
Circa 1985
NOTE: Internet comes to Australia June 1989
56 kb/s connecting the University of Melbourne
and the University of Hawaii
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TODAY
2010s
• Ubiquitous and Pervasive technologies
• Mobile computing
• Location based Technologies
• Voice Recognition software
• Tablets, eReaders
• Social Networks platforms for Mass
Movements
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MORE OPPORTUNITIES
• As technology advances, so too do the opportunities
• However, with each new opportunity comes potential
difficulties for users
“How do I move or
delete my apps?”
“What does the RSS
button do?”
“What is my security
code?”
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NIELSEN’S 10 HEURISTICS
• Visibility of system status
• Match between system and the real world
• User control and freedom
• Consistency and standards
• Error prevention
• Recognition rather than recall
• Flexibility and efficiency of use
• Aesthetic and minimalist design
• Help users recognise, diagnose, and recover from errors
• Help and documentation
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2. Match between system and the real world
Speaking the users' language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user,
rather than system-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making information
appear in a natural and logical order.
Useful techniques to help you match the system with the real world
• Metaphors
• Natural Mappings
• Affordances
• Direct Manipulation
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2. Affordances
Chairs – For sitting Knobs – For
turningTables – For putting things on
Slots – For inserting
Handles – For spinning Buttons – For pressing Switch – For toggling
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2. Affordances
Using standard affordances, users know what they can do
Drop down list Type here Button to be
pressed
Clicking here does nothing
Must click here
What to do with this?
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3. User control and freedom
Users often choose system functions by mistake and will need
a clearly marked "emergency exit" to leave the unwanted state
without having to go through an extended dialogue.
Support undo and redo.
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4. Consistency and standards
Users should not have to wonder whether different words,
situations, or actions mean the same thing. Follow platform
conventions.
Web conventions
• About Us
• Contact Us
• Home
Desktop conventions
• File
• Edit
• Menu
Yahoo! Design Patterns
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5. Error prevention
Even better than good error messages is a careful design
which prevents a problem from occurring in the first place.
Either eliminate error-prone conditions or check for them and
present users with a confirmation option before they commit to
the action.
• Prevention is always better than the cure
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6. Recognition rather than recall
Minimize the user's memory load by making objects, actions,
and options visible. The user should not have to remember
information from one part of the dialogue to another.
Instructions for use of the system should be visible or easily
retrievable whenever appropriate.
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7. Flexibility and efficiency of use
Accelerators -- unseen by the novice user -- may often speed
up the interaction for the expert user such that the system can
cater to both inexperienced and experienced users. Allow
users to tailor frequent actions.
Quick links for frequent tasks
Shortcut keys
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8. Aesthetic and minimalist design
Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or
rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue
competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes
their relative visibility.
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9. Help users recognise, diagnose, and recover from errors
Error messages should be expressed in plain language
(no codes), precisely indicate the problem, and
constructively suggest a solution.
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10. Help and documentation
Even though it is better if the system can be used without
documentation, it may be necessary to provide help and
documentation. Any such information should be easy to
search, focused on the user's task, list concrete steps to
be carried out, and not be too large.