UI Design and Invisible Interfaces

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

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?
16. But seriously...
17. “The better the design, the more invisible it becomes.” — Jared M. Spool
19. "The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction." — John Maeda
22. Target the human intuition.
24. Learn from physical interfaces
26. If you need to explain your user interface then redesign it.