User Experience Design (UXD or just UX), an umbrella term for any activity or profession that contributes to a better experience for the user.
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not about technology. And while technology often changes quickly, people change very slowly.
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
choose the first reasonable option, a strategy known as satisficing.1
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
Innovate when you know you have a better idea, but take advantage of conventions when you don’t.
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
If you can make something significantly clearer by making it slightly inconsistent, choose in favor of clarity.
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
doesn’t matter how many times I have to click, as long as each click is a mindless, unambiguous choice.
—KRUG’S SECOND LAW OF USABILITY
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
as long as each click is painless and they have continued confidence that they’re on the right track—following what’s often called the “scent of information.”
soundoffairieshas quoted2 years ago
Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left.
—KRUG’S THIRD LAW OF USABILITY
Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
We’ve come to expect things like autosuggest and autocorrect
Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
usability is about people and how they understand and use things, not about technology. And while technology often changes quickly, people change very slowly