Clear Left UsabilityTalk
Speaker- Ben
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Don’t make people click on stuff
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Don’t make people think
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Inventing all principle, you
never know what might be the next big thing
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Treat users fairly
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Clear left focus on good design
(front end only), they leave the heavy backend stuff to other companies to
finish off.
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Empathy map – see, think &
feel, hear, say & do
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Spend time on paper prototypes.
This saves time and money in the long run
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Silver back software very handy
to film user tests as evidence for usability issues (windows equivalent is BB
Flashback)
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Responsive website – works on all
devices so no need to create different versions for different size screens
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Clients often think of features –
boil it down to simplify to user experience
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Information architecture
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Find out what the best story apps
are
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Make everything your best work
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Don’t be afraid to spend money
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Fitt’s law was used to help improve usability on a MacBook
User testing
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8 people user test can solve a
problem – try and mix up the age groups
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Always do user tests, approach
people in cafes, post adverts for volunteers or just ask friends and family.
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Flow charts
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Wire frames
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Usability testing
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Doesn’t like focus groups bigger
than 1 on 1
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Plan the user test - make a list
of tasks for the user to try and find on the website (try not no hint words
that might give away the navigation process)
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Give them a leading question
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Observe each
other doing user tests
Recommended People
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Christopher Nolan – Inception
(architecture design)
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Jared spool
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Jacob nelson
Recommended Books
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Steve Krug – Don't
Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
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Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software
Community
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
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design with
intent
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the design of
everyday things
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undercover user
experience design
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universal
principles of design
Ice Breaker Game
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Chat Pack
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