The A-to-Z guide to spotting and fixing usability problems
Frustrated by pop-ups? Forms that make you start over if you
miss a field? Nonsensical error messages? You’re not alone! This
book helps you simply get it right the first time (or fix what’s
broken). Boasting a full-color interior packed with design and
layout examples, this book teaches you how to understand a user’s
needs, divulges techniques for exceeding a user’s expectations, and
provides a host of hard won advice for improving the overall
quality of a user’s experience. World-renowned UX guru Eric Reiss
shares his knowledge from decades of experience making products
useable for everyone…all in an engaging, easy-to-apply
manner.
* Reveals proven tools that simply make products better, from the
users’ perspective
* Provides simple guidelines and checklists to help you evaluate
and improve your own products
* Zeroes in on essential elements to consider when planning a
product, such as its functionality and responsiveness, whether or
not it is ergonomic, making it foolproof, and more
* Addresses considerations for product clarity, including its
visibility, understandability, logicalness, consistency, and
predictability
Usable Usability walks you through numerous techniques
that will help ensure happy customers and successful products!
Frustrated by pop-ups? Forms that make you start over if you
miss a field? Nonsensical error messages? You’re not alone! This
book helps you simply get it right the first time (or fix what’s
broken). Boasting a full-color interior packed with design and
layout examples, this book teaches you how to understand a user’s
needs, divulges techniques for exceeding a user’s expectations, and
provides a host of hard won advice for improving the overall
quality of a user’s experience. World-renowned UX guru Eric Reiss
shares his knowledge from decades of experience making products
useable for everyone…all in an engaging, easy-to-apply
manner.
* Reveals proven tools that simply make products better, from the
users’ perspective
* Provides simple guidelines and checklists to help you evaluate
and improve your own products
* Zeroes in on essential elements to consider when planning a
product, such as its functionality and responsiveness, whether or
not it is ergonomic, making it foolproof, and more
* Addresses considerations for product clarity, including its
visibility, understandability, logicalness, consistency, and
predictability
Usable Usability walks you through numerous techniques
that will help ensure happy customers and successful products!
€25.99
Table of Content
I Ease of Use.1 Functional.
2 Responsiveness.
3 Ergonomics.
4 Convenient.
5 Foolproof.
II Elegance and Clarity.
6 Visible.
7 Understandable.
8 Logical.
9 Consistent.
10 Predictable.
11 Next Steps.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the author
ABOUT THE AUTHOREric Reiss has been meddling with service- and product-design projects for longer than he cares to remember. Today, he is CEO of The Fat DUX Group, an international user-experience design company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Eric has also lectured on design principles at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, is a former Professor of Usability and Design at the IE Business School in Madrid, and serves on the advisory boards of several universities and institutes in both Europe and the United States. His Web Dogma, a design philosophy that transcends both fashion and technology, has been adopted by thousands of developers and companies around the world. You can follow Eric Reiss on Twitter: @elreiss
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781118240434 ● File size 44.7 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2012 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2532552 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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