This is a presentation we gave at the Microsoft Gen Appathon on November 9th, 2012. It is an introduction to the user centered design process and Windows 8 design.
5. Why is design important?
BUSINESS TECHNICAL
Viable Feasible
DESIGN
Desirable
6. What is UX?
User Experience Useful
(UX) is about Usable Desirable
how a person
feels about using Valuable
a system or
device.
Findable Accessible
Credible
7. Core UX Disciplines
Content Information
User Research
Strategy Architecture
Interaction Visual Usability
Design Design Evaluation
8. Benefits
• Increased user efficiency
• Improved user productivity
• Customer satisfaction
• Increased adoption rates
• Reduced time & costs in development
• Decreased training & support costs
• Reduced maintenance costs
9. Design Phase
brainstorming exploration consolidation
• Feature ideation • Competitive analysis • Wireframes
• User research • User research • Mockups/Comps
• Personas • Whiteboarding • Information architecture
• Whiteboarding • Post-it notes • Paper prototypes
• Sketching • Prototype testing
31. Typography
Segoe UI Calibri
Header – 42pt
Calibri is a sans-serif font family designed for
reading long texts onscreen. Use Calibri for
text that the user writes or edits, such as text
in an email or chat client. It is the default font
in Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and
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52. Windows 8 Resources
• Making Great Metro Style Apps
• Planning Metro Style Apps
• How Navigation works
• Commands and Charms
• Touch Interaction
• PSD Resources from Microsoft
• Typography
• The Grid
• UX Guidelines for Metro Style Apps
• Scaling to different screen
• Gestures
• Splash Screen Guidelines
• Skeuomorphic Design