get out of the way! user-centered design for those of us that create stuff people use

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This was a presentation I gave a couple of years ago that I just ran across, sort of a case study of how we redesign the State of Florida State of Elections website in record time.

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An overview of Usability

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An overview of Usability★ Get out of the way!

★ Guiding the user with emphasize.

★ Don’t make me think!

★ Don’t reinvent the wheel.

★ What’s up with those big ol’ buttons?

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What are we building?

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Requirements Gathering★ What’s the reason for the project?

★ What problem are we solving?

★ What are the constraints?

★ Whose your target audience(s)?

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Having our cake, and eating it too.

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Our clear assignment from the State of Florida was to bring sexy back.So you may be surprised to hear that we designed in black and white for two weeks.

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Great design on the web happens by marrying clear functionality with strategic branding.

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Development and Team Dynamics

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Usability Testing

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Usability Testing★ There is a big difference between how

people use stuff that we build, and how we think they use it.

★ The purpose is to identify issues.

★ It’s easy and it works.

★ You think you know more than anyone about the site. That’s the problem.

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Falling with Style

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Defensive Design★ Expect things to go wrong.

★ Do you have clear, (and friendly) error messages?

★ Do you have a way to handle points of frustration?

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Resources

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Resources★ “Don’t Make Me Think” by Steve Krug

★ “Defensive Design for the Web” by 37signals

★ www.uxbooth.com

★ Our local “reFresh” meetings.

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