In this deck, I outline the key difference between usability and user experience.

1. Usability vs.
User Experience
A Pictorial Essay
by cecily walker

2. Usability
• The ease in which people can use a
particular tool or human-made object to
achieve a particular goal.

3. User Experience
• The experience a person has when she
interacts with a product or service.

4. What’s the
difference?

5. Usability Kitchen
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6. User Experience Vermont country kitchen
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7. Usability
Toyota Corolla
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8. User Experience
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9. Usability
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10. User Experience
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11. Usability = function
User Experience =
finesse