Nick Finck will explore the characteristics of a great user experience. He'll go over techniques, tips, and tricks for Website design, information architecture, Website interactions, and markup sure to make your users happy. He'll also explain how following the seven commandments can boost your site's ease of use, appeal, conversion rates, and more.
1. îe Seven Commandments
of User Experience.
Nick Finck, October 4, 2008
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2.
3. ?
Who the f#@k is this dude?
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4. Nick Finck
âą Principle & Director of User Experience for Blue Flavor
âą Publisher of Digital Web Magazine
âą Based in Seattle, Washington
âą Over 13 years working in the web ïŹeld
âą Projects: Adobe, Cisco, CitiBank, Converse, FDIC,
HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oprah, PBS, Peetâs Coffee
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5. ?
What is User Experience?
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6. UX is the umbrella that covers:
âą Accessibility (GAWDs)
âą Information Architecture (IAI)
âą Information Design (IDA)
âą Interaction Design (IxDA)
âą Technical Writing (STC)
âą Usability Engineering (UPA)
âą User Research (HFES)
âą Visual Design (AIGA)
âą Web Analytics (WAA)
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17. âDesign, by very deïŹnition, is the act of solving
problems. In order for anything to be designed well, we
must ïŹrst identify the problems we are trying to solve
and the goals we are trying to reach.â
- Jeff Croft
Web Designer, Blue Flavor
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21. The Third Commandment
Form Always
Follows Function
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22. â[Design is] adding experience but taking away the
hard edges, and allow people to embrace the tool or
service in a closer interaction.â
- Thomas Vander Wal
Principal, InfoCloud Solutions
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23. Photo by Tex Texin
http://www.ïŹickr.com/photos/textexin/401742074/
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28. !
Michael Jordan failed to make his varsity
basketball team
Albert Einstein's teacher described him as
quot;mentally slowquot;
Walt Disney went bankrupt several times
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44. âOn any page with text, make sure most of your best
design eïŹorts account for making that text scanable,
clickable, readable and understandable.â
- Jay Fienberg
Principal, Juxtaprose
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45. !
95% of web users do not read
80% of your content!
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46. This doesnât mean that your
content isnât important, it
means itâs more important.
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55. Thank you!
Come to our party tonight, weâll get you drunk
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56. Seven Commandments of
User Experience.
Nick Finck, October 4, 2008
http://www.blueïŹavor.com/
http://www.blueïŹavor.com/blog/
nick@blueïŹavor.com
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