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Making Your
Interface Invisible
           Bristol, June 2009

                     Dan Rubin
                     Sidebar Creative
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Hi!
    Dan Rubin
    superfluousbanter.org
    @danrubin




                                          Me, according to nGen works @ http://happywebbies.com/




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




      Web
      Standards
      Creativity
       by Dan Rubin
          (and 9
          other guys)




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




      Pro CSS
      Techniques
       by Jeff Croft
          Ian Lloyd
          Dan Rubin




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   What is an
   invisible
   interface?
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   “Invisible”
   doesn’t mean
   “not there.”
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   “The better the
   design, the more
   invisible It
   becomes.”
                                               — Jared M. Spool


©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   “What makes a
   design visible is
   the frustration it
   brings.”
                                               — Jared M. Spool


©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Designing for
   Intuition.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Focus on the
   Experience.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Mimic
   physical
   interfaces.
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




                                                Photo: Pascal Montsma (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/230015)
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




                                                Photo: Ivaylo Georgiev (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/426359)
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   If your
   interface needs
   instructions...
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Redesign it.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Intuitive
   interfaces are
   invisible.
©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Learn from
   the desktop.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




                                               vs.


©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   Be consistent.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




    Be Consistent:

   Navigational
   elements.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




    Be Consistent:

   Button style
   and placement.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




    Be Consistent:

   Cursor
   treatments.

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




     Resources

©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




     Virtual
     Great Designs Should Be Experienced and Not Seen –
     Jared M. Spool
     http://www.uie.com/articles/experiencedesign/


     Physical
     Don’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug
     The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009




   fin.
   slideshare.net/danrubin
   twitter: @danrubin




©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com

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FOWA Bristol/ Leeds- Dan Rubin

  • 1. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Dan Rubin Sidebar Creative
  • 2. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Hi! Dan Rubin superfluousbanter.org @danrubin Me, according to nGen works @ http://happywebbies.com/ ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 3. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Web Standards Creativity by Dan Rubin (and 9 other guys) ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 4. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Pro CSS Techniques by Jeff Croft Ian Lloyd Dan Rubin ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 5. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 What is an invisible interface? ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 6. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 “Invisible” doesn’t mean “not there.” ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 7. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 “The better the design, the more invisible It becomes.” — Jared M. Spool ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 8. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 “What makes a design visible is the frustration it brings.” — Jared M. Spool ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 9. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Designing for Intuition. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 10. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Focus on the Experience. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 11. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Mimic physical interfaces. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 12. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 13. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Photo: Pascal Montsma (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/230015) ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 14. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Photo: Ivaylo Georgiev (http://www.sxc.hu/photo/426359) ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 15. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 If your interface needs instructions... ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 16. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Redesign it. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 17. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 18. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 19. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 20. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 21. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Intuitive interfaces are invisible. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 22. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Learn from the desktop. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 23. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 vs. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 24. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Be consistent. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 25. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Be Consistent: Navigational elements. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 26. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Be Consistent: Button style and placement. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 27. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Be Consistent: Cursor treatments. ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 28. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Resources ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 29. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 Virtual Great Designs Should Be Experienced and Not Seen – Jared M. Spool http://www.uie.com/articles/experiencedesign/ Physical Don’t Make Me Think – Steve Krug The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com
  • 30. Making Your Interface Invisible Bristol, June 2009 fin. slideshare.net/danrubin twitter: @danrubin ©2009 Dan Rubin » http://sidebarcreative.com