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Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design

Aarron Walter
December 13, 2011

Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design

Humans, though cute and cuddly, are not without their flaws, which makes it a challenge to design for them. By understanding how the wet, mushy processor works in these hairy little devils, you can design interfaces and web experiences that will have them hopelessly devoted to your brand. Aarron will introduce you to the emotional usability principle—a design axiom that identifies a strong connection between human emotion and perceived usability. Through real-world examples, you’ll learn practical interface design techniques that will make your sites and applications more engaging to the humans they serve.

Notes from this talk taken by @lukew are available here: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1051

Aarron Walter

December 13, 2011
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  1. People will forgive shortcomings, follow your lead, and sing your

    praises if you reward them with positive emotion. emotional design principle Tuesday, December 13, 11
  2. I adore the way their apps look and sound. -

    John Gruber, DaringFireball.net “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  3. A fantastic, fun, and functional interface on a seriously great

    app. - 148apps.com “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  4. We did want our users to have an emotional connection

    to our apps. Most people don't have a love/joy for software like geeks do. - Mark Jardine, TapBots Designer “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  5. I really *LOVE* the singing bird when you send a

    tweet. Twitter is fun all of a sudden! - @thetalldesigner “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  6. Confession: sometimes I make too long Feathers-tweets just to watch

    the bird turn red. - @evbjone “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  7. Before your application can create an emotional relationship with the

    user it must get the basics right. The emotional relationship, the delight, is what you layer on top of this base usability and technical competency. - Aral Balkan, designer of Feathers “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  8. The inspiration for our color p corporate gray to brand

    their windowless office and so we i My goal was to design Wufoo excellent at what it does, it wa Tuesday, December 13, 11
  9. The inspiration for our color palette did come from our

    competitors. It was really depressing to see so much software designed to remind people they’re making databases in a windowless office and so we immediately knew we wanted to go in the opposite direction. - Kevin Hale, Wufoo “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  10. Oh MailChimp monkey. Just as I get frustrated w/ wrangling

    email addresses, you’re there w/ your little witticisms to cheer me up. - @p_girl “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  11. Whoa, I just logged into MailChimp and the little monkey

    in the corner says "hey Kate, new haircut? !Muy guapo!" how do they know?! - @katemiss “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  12. Trust was the most critical barrier for us to overcome

    with potential users. It was an uphill battle raising venture capital because investors simply didn't think people would ever share bank credentials. - Jason Putorti “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  13. Trust is a gut feeling more than a rational process,

    and visual design affects emotions in a very powerful way, perhaps more than any other stimuli. - Jason Putorti “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  14. Attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes

    them think more creatively. How does that make something easier to use? Simple, by making it easier for people to find solutions to the problems they encounter. - Donald Norman “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
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  21. Just can’t let it go. Into my third day now.

    Ashamed of how many hours I’ve spent. - Paintbrush, forum user “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11
  22. So pleased to have found this software. I’ve wanted it

    for a while and was saving up. Now I can treat myself to some of the other software I’ve been trying during my 5 hour egg hunt. - Jane Hasseldon, Facebook fan “ ” Tuesday, December 13, 11