Usability and Interface Design Books Advertisement Usability and interaction design are fields that are becoming more and more important for every design. Both fields consider the interactions between the user and a system; accordingly, it also applies to the interaction between users and web-sites. A product has more chances to be successful if it’s design makes emphasis on usability. Making a website easy to use and easy to understand has direct economical impact as, for example, it guides the users across the sites, helps user to successfully sign up for a service or to complete a checkout process. We have selected excellent books about usability and interaction design, some provide the theory of user interface design, others have a number of precise examples of how the theory can be used in practice. Images are, as always, clickable and lead to the sites which have more information about the books. 10 Usability and Interaction Design Books 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. This book describes the origins of interaction design.
Card sorting: a definitive guide Introduction Card sorting is a technique that many information architects (and related professionals.) use as an input to the structure of a site or product. With so many of us using the technique, why would we need to write an article on it? While card sorting is described in a few texts and a number of sites, most descriptions are brief. There is not a definitive article that describes the technique and its variants and explains the issues to watch out for. This article provides a detailed description of the basic technique, with some focus on using the technique for more complex sites. Why Card sorting is a quick, inexpensive, and reliable method, which serves as input into your information design process. While card sorting might not provide you with final structure, it can help you answer many questions you will need to tackle throughout the information design phase. Do the users want to see the information grouped by subject, process, business group, or information type? Definition
user interface - What is difference between Interaction design, Visual Design, Web design, UX design, UI design, UI development Interaction Design: Defining The Structure & Content of Communication UX: The New Brand Leaders It’s Time for the UX Community to Toughen Up It’s time to take a giant step forward and realize we are the new brand leaders. Let’s consider a simple formula: Brand = Experience. Just this: Brand = Experience. We, the UX crowd, are the new brand leads. Brand is emotion and effects living inside your phone or laptop and we are the creators of that connection. Digital is where consumers start, how they advocate and where they go for problems and all branded interaction is moving to digital. Let me rephrase that: All branded interaction is digital. There are some laggard brands out there, so if if you’re working on a consumer brand that doesn’t have a digital product, get thinking… that brand is falling behind. We Are A Breed Of Leader Who Has Left The Reins To Dangle For Too Long. Why are there so many people changing our vision? When I talk to people about this, the most common response relates to the mythical beast of “Group Collaboration.” Evolution is a Constant Design by Fire 2012
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