This document discusses user experience (UX) design and provides examples of intuitive and easy to use interfaces. It recommends that UX design focuses on organizing data in an easy to digest format, specializes in one area, and draws inspiration from other great designs. Designers are advised to get feedback and iterate on their ideas.

1. UX Design
Gerard Roy
g@gerardr.com

2. Great UX Design
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•Intuitive
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•Organizes Data
3
•Specializes

3. Intuitive
• Intuitive => Don’t have to think
• Best Instructions = No Instructions
– Instagram
– Mint.com

4. Instagram
• Create great looking pictures… simply
– 1 button filters
• Share with others… simply
– Other options

5. Mint.com

6. Organizing Data
• Provide a lot of info in an Easy to Digest Form
– Hipmunk
– Weathery
– Foodspotting
– Recollect.fm

7. Hipmunk
• Orbitz, Priceline
• “Agony” Category

8. Weathery
• Beautiful
• Simple
• Intuitive
• Informative
• Fun
• Creative

9. FoodSpotting
• Maps
• Pictures
• Button
hierarchy

10. Recollect.fm
• Twitter Song Recommendations
• More “humanly” to visualize info

11. Specialize
• Do one thing and people think you do it really
well
– Yahoo vs Google

12. Specialized?

13. Allow yourself to be
inspired
• Many Great Websites
– Dribbble.com
– Creattica.com
– DesignMoo.com
– Awwwards.com

14. Get Feedback
• http://forrst.com/

15. General Advice
• If you have an idea – Just Try It
• Get Feedback
• Iterate
• Repeat