UX – User experience

*All content in this presentation is personal opinion.

User Experience is any aspect of a person's interaction with a given system, including the interface, graphics,

industrial design, physical interaction, and the manual.-wikipedia

Matthew Miley PS GISPCT Consultants Inc.@Matthew_Miley

If you take the red pill. You will have to think about UX.

• Morpheus: “You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” (AKA become a developer)

• You will have to think about UX with the way computing is now.

• Kids grow up with iPads now (NOT MS WINDOWS)

Design software/webpages for your audience!

• This is scary to normal people!

Content before Chrome• Show the absolute minimum users need to

accomplish their mission!

BAD• Don’t allow for IDing of a million layers

GOOD• Don’t have a million layers!!!!• You decide on base mapping!!

Advice for beginners• Become a SQL guru.• Become a Python guru.• Develop native applications for whatever

platform is most practical.• In most cases, there isn't a 1 size fits all HTML

5 solution!

Reason why native is better for us.• Location services (higher accuracy GPS) • 3-axis gyroscope• 3-axis accelerometer• Digital compass• Ambient light sensor.• Design for known screen ratios.

I use an iPad everyday and I never use HTML 5 APPs. (tried many)

Remember when the Facebook app for iPhone sucked?

More Ref. & Demo

http://vimeo.com/20887305

Question: Matt, why didn’t you take design into consideration when making this power point?Answer: To lazy.