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October 07, 2011
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UI Design and Invisible Interfaces

A talk about user interface design that I gave at Refresh Rochester couple of years ago.

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Ali Ali

October 07, 2011

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Transcript

  1. UI Design and Invisible Interfaces

  2. My name is Ali Ali Lead UI designer at Dumbwaiter

    Design Adjunct professor at RIT

  3. A few user interface design fundamentals

  4. Get to know the end users

  5. Flow the mental state of operation in which the person

    is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. wikipedia.org Get the users in the

  6. Donʼt reinvent the wheel

  7. Donʼt reinvent the wheel

  8. Donʼt reinvent the wheel

  9. Donʼt reinvent the wheel

  10. Stay consistent

  11. Provide Feedback

  12. Clue in the End User Clearly state the purpose of

    the website

  13. Let whatʼs important standout Lead users actions toward achieving the

    goals of your website

  14. So what do you mean by invisible interfaces?

  15. None

  16. But seriously...

  17. “The better the design, the more invisible it becomes.” —

    Jared M. Spool
  18. None

  19. "The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction."

    — John Maeda
  20. None
  21. None

  22. Target the human intuition.

  23. None

  24. Learn from physical interfaces

  25. None

  26. If you need to explain your user interface then redesign

    it.