(WordPress) Usability Issues

Main topics:
The Importance of Design
Design Conventions & Usability Heuristics / Principles
How to Check The Usability of Your (WordPress) Website

Transcript

1. WordPress Meetup Varna, 24.02.2017 Radka Nacheva Department of Informatics, University of Economics – Varna UsabilityIssues ( )
2. Name: Radka Nacheva Current Occupation: Assistant Professor & PhD Student at Department of Informatics, University of Economics – Varna Scientific Interests: HCI, Usability, Cognitive Science
3. @radka.v.nacheva @Radka_Nacheva @radka-nacheva r.nacheva@ue-varna.bg @radka-nacheva @radka-nacheva
4.  The Importance of Design  Design Conventions & Usability Heuristics / Principles  How to Check The Usability of Your (WordPress) Website  Conclusion
6. Design is not just “a plan or convention for the construction of an object, system or measurable human interaction”, it is a / an: Way of Thinking Investment Strategy for Success
7. The good design:  expresses in simple way functionality of the product;  helps users to take a decision for using the product;  encourages users to trust the product;  engages their attention;
8. The good design:  helps users to complete successfully their tasks and to achieve their goals;  increases users’ efficiency;  manages users’ emotions by using appropriate colors, fonts, forms and arrangement of user interface elements;  provides comfort to users when they are working with the website or application.
9. http://art.yale.edu Example 1
10. www.patimex.com Example 2
11. www.lingscars.com Example 3
12. Convention vs. Heuristic vs. Principle  Convention = “a constraint in that it prohibits some activities and encourages others”  Heuristic = “an approach to problem solving”  Principle = “rule or method”
13. Google Material Design: https://goo.gl/t5BS1L  Android: https://goo.gl/FpWB4o Microsoft: https://goo.gl/L824e3  Windows Phone: https://goo.gl/RCijXa Apple: https://goo.gl/KLlTIg  iOS: https://goo.gl/oWvM4p IBM: https://goo.gl/4xIWs0
14. Start with the following:  Jakob Nielsen’s Heuristics  Ben Shneiderman’s 8 Golden Rules  Donald Norman’s Principles of Everyday Design  Dieter Rams’ Ten Principles of “Good Design”
15. You should give an answer to the following questions to check the usability of your (WordPress) website quickly:  Does the website meet the requirements?  What and where are the main (identity) elements?  Is the menu well structured?  Is the user flow efficiency?  Do you have enough white space?  Is your content the king?  Do you think “mobile-first”?  Do you observe your users?
16. You could use some tools for usability testing:  Userlytics  Loop11  Mobile-Friendly Test  Leanplum
17. Don’t forget to keep it as simple as possible! and Don’t make them think!
18. Don’t forget their opinions about design … Ferdinand Porsche: „Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.” Ivan Chermayeff: „Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution.”
19. “ Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated . ” Confucius
20. Thank you for your attention!