A talk for UIKonf 2015 in Berlin.
The focus is around various design processes, and how they can relate to programming concepts.
A Journey in Design
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design
Adobe Photoshop 7
Engineer
engineer
designing apps
Designers TDD Too
?validate designs
use cases
“a user needs to be able to sign up“
“a user expects to be able to log out“
test your design against it
?why would a user wantto do that
personas matter
define types of users tohelp define expectations
productivityfirst timeearly adoptersocialbusiness
power userfirst time
test your design againstall these constraints
allow all usersto be able to use it
allow all usersto be able to enjoy it
focus
why don’t you just...
testing against allpeople takes time
no binary test outcome
ux debt
a lot of design isfigured out up front
consistency is key
video upload
photo uploadvideo uploadmusic upload
alone time
explore
easy to get stuck in allthe things you can’t do
Collaboration
as soon as you have afleshed out concept
unknown technical constraintscases you didn’t considervaluable feedback/opinionit’s their product too
you own the design responsibility
solicit feedback from everyone
listen carefully
you are not alone
it’s up to you what you do with it
it should be up to you what you do with it
Frankenstein exists
design by committee is bad
appear seamless to the user
prototyping
actual validation
spot issues
prototyping tools
in-product
hack it. branch it.
test results
test results*Terms and conditions may apply*
user testing isn’t a weapon
it’s another data point
it can help with the why
usability issues
initial emotional response
scope is far and wide
Experience Design
Graphic Designservice designExperience DesignInteraction DesignEmotional Designvisual design
ask the right things
why
UX Design 101
learn something new
we could collaborate better
we should collaborate better
designEngineer
teams
this is importantif you want to ship
awesome products
swiftkey Note
“In this field we often respectthe final product, but wedon’t always appreciate theroute it takes to get there”
thank you
@menneniaQuestions?