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10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design
If designing for a brand-new medium, device, or target audience, go ahead and perform extensive usability tests. But if we’re designing for a commonly used device for the average run-of-the-mill target audience, any UX designer worth their salt should be able to spot usability problems a mile ahead. If they can’t, you shouldn’t be working with them
... See moreIrene Pereyra • Universal Principles of UX: 100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology (Rockport Universal)
In all the time I’ve spent watching people use the Web, the thing that has struck me most is the difference between how we think people use Web sites and how they actually use them. When we’re creating sites, we act as though people are going to pore over each page, reading all of our carefully crafted text, figuring out how we’ve organized things,
... See moreSteve Krug • Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Voices That Matter)
- Design Principles – Design for scanning, not reading! Take advantage of conventions. Create effective visual hierarchies Break pages up into clearly defined areas. Make it obvious what’s clickable. Eliminate distractions. Format content to support scanning . Keep paragraphs short. Use bulleted lists. Highlight key terms.
Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug – The Rabbit Hole
The better and longer way is to describe the experience I want the users to have. That means describing the users’ world and how my design fits in.
Giles Colborne • Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design
The secret to designing an intuitive user experience is making sure that the conceptual model of your product matches, as much as possible, the mental models of your audience. If you get that right, you will have created a positive and useful experience.
Weinschenk Susan • 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)
