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Posts tagged user experience
Rethinking Netflix for iPad
Very interesting ideas in this new iPad app concept for NetFlix by You-I Labs (and what a nice name for a design company focused on user experience).
Josh Brewer,
Cannot say better.
I personally always sketch an interface, even if it sounds simple enough, before wireframing it.
I cannot recommend enough to never jump too quickly to wireframes. It would save you countless of time, possible white page syndrome and make sure everyone is on board before hours are spend at bringing an idea, a concept, a design to the proper level of details.
Not so long ago, I’ve been totally blown away by the storytelling experience Only - The Liberation amazingly executed by North Kingdom for the clothing brand company ONLY.
I find this review by The Digital Naturalist to be dead on of what makes it a great experience: Fun, Simple, Sexy, Win-Win and Different.
Most of all I would say, while being absolutely not the target audience, it is probably the most engaging experience I’ve seen in a while. It was short, fun, attractive. I spend more time studying it afterward because I could not believe something so simple could have that power of attraction. I spend a good hour looking at each little details of the craftsmanship. It is very hard to achieve this level of perfection, it is so finely done that you forget it is even there, everything just flows in unison from the narration, music, video editing, storyline user interactions, shopping discovery and social sharing.
No wonder they have won a Gold Lion at Cannes this year.
I suggest also to have a look at the Behind The Scenes (it worth the look if not only for the sketch storyboard and the various hand writing font propositions)
People consistently overvalue ideas and undervalue the ability to execute on them. They overvalue ideas because they think execution is algorithmic: idea in, product out.
An idea doesn’t mean anything unless you can get a skilled group to understand it and coordinate their capabilities around it. No small feat. Execution is an art.
Ryan Singer, 37Signals
If something is unclear - clarify it
If something is arduous - lighten the load
If something is complex - make it simpler
If something is over verbose - strip it back
If something is ambiguous - clarify it
If something is big - make it feel manageable
If people get lost - let them find their way out
If something goes wrong - let people recover
If something seems pointless - show the value
If something is dry - add some levity
If something is dreary - add some delight
If something needs explaining - explain it carefully
Make the important stuff important and the other stuff less so
Less is more (but you probably knew that)
Make desired actions obvious - show the way
If something feels daunting - provide support
If something goes right - say it did
If something goes bad - say it did
If something requires effort - set expectations
If something feels risky - provide reassurance
If something feels fragile - make it feel solid
If somethings looks great - it’ll help to make it feel great
Bring structure to the unstructured
Don’t presume anything
Don’t try to be clever
Very interesting to see the process and the little details in refining the input functionality of adding a new calendar in Basecamp.
Everything is about the copy and how you make understand the concept to others with the proper words without rising any questions from them. The “Don’t make me think” rule as a good practice is still the one that rules them all.
It always look obvious at the end, but it takes time and great minds to do it well.
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What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen?
Well, you can’t do things the way you wanna do them. You can check off a reservation in the system, with the mouse, but hey, it’s at least four clicks away from this screen. And you can’t tell if the guests have been showed to their table or are waiting in the bar. So it’s much easier just to draw on the screen. (And when the evening is over you just wipe the screen with a cloth.) We’re very busy here, and this works just fine.”
This is what happen when, as a software developer, you focus on the features set instead of the user.
(Source: Jävla skitsystem!)
