ux : more than meets the eye!
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User Experience (UX) is often confused as being the User Interface (UI) of apps / website etc. As a speaker at a Google Developers Group Conference I attempted to explain the differences between the two and highlight the importance of Human Centered Design for making products successful.TRANSCRIPT
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UXMORE THAN MEETS THE EYE@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Ahmed ShujaDesigning and developing software and systems since 1997@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Inspiration
Blast from the past!@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 UX/UIWHATS THE DIFFERENCE?@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 "User experience" encompasses all aspects of the end-user's interaction with the company, its services, and its products.http://www.nngroup.com/articles/definition-user-experience/@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Jakob Nielsen
"the smartest person on the Web" (ZDNet AnchorDesk)one of the top 10 minds in small business (FORTUNE Small Business)"the world's leading expert on user-friendly design" (Stuttgarter Zeitung, Germany)"perhaps the best-known design and usability guru on the Internet" (Financial Times)One of the "world's most influential designers" (Businessweek)Face/Voice of the UXSO WHATS THE UI?@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Lady in Red
who is she? what kind of a person is she? What are her aspirations? What is she capable of doing? UX is not just the UICLEARLY@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Some differentiating words Ethnographic Research Statistics gathering and analysis Personas, scenarios and findings Feature specification Requirement development Interaction design Information Architecture Usability Analysis/ Review Interface structuring/ Layout@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 and some more! Taxonomy development Terminology Specification Copywriting Presentation and speaking Working tightly with programmers Communication to stakeholders@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Whats shared? Graphics Creation Interface Design Visual Design
i.e. UI is just a small yet VERY important component of UX@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 UI has design guidelinesAndroidhttp://developer.android.com/design/index.html
iOShttps://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/Introduction/Introduction.html
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AHMED SHUJA 2013 UX paves the way for the userTHE TANGIBLE UI RENDERS THE UX@ahmedux
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AHMED SHUJA 2013 UX has a huge role to play in Change Management!WHILE UI IS OFTEN THE CHANGE ITSELF@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 TwitterWhen you werent tweeting@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 theFacebookWhen it was still THE Facebook@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 TumblrWhen Tumblog was not a common word@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 A UX designer is the person who actually meets the real users and designs solutionsLIKE AN ARCHITECT WITH A HUMAN CENTERED APPROACH@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Usability importantHUMAN CENTERED DESIGN PLAYS A KEY ROLE@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Googles own Philosophy http://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/
The number 1 spot goes to
Focus on the user and all else will follow.@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 iOS has UX Guidelines Focus on the Primary Task Elevate the Content that People Care About Think Top Down Give People a Logical Path to Follow Consider Adding Physicality and Realism Make Usage Easy and Obvious Use User-Centric Terminology Minimize the Effort Required for User Input Use UI Elements Consistently@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Usability has Guidelines Match between system and the real world User control and freedom Think Top Down Consistency and standards Recognition rather than recall Flexibility and efficiency of use Aesthetic and minimalist design Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Trumped by Utility!PURPOSE IS CRITICAL ALWAYS LISTEN TO MARKETING & SALES@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 BlackBerry Q10 New interactions@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Remember
All notes are in the Remember App@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Remember
Even my Evernotes@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Calculator
Standard view on Q10@ahmedux
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My last calculation@ahmedux
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Swiping for more@ahmedux
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Swiping for more@ahmedux
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Tip and bill sharing?@ahmedux
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Calculating Conversion@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 An Experience Designed for the User, in a certain context, based on carefully selected user-centered design practices for that context. WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD UX DESIGN EFFORT?@ahmedux
AHMED SHUJA 2013 Lets Talk!http://www.ahmedshuja.comhttp://pk.linkedin.com/in/ahmedshuja/ http://blog.obscureux.com http://twitter.com/ahmedux AHMED SHUJA 2013