Web Usability on a Budget

Not all projects have the budget for UX designers; as a result, experience in disciplines such as user research, interaction design, and information architecture are often expected of all developers on a team. Fortunately, these arcane-sounding topics are far from impossible to grasp for mere programmer mortals. In this session, you'll learn some easy tricks to make your sites more approachable and discover ways to help develop an emotional connection between your apps and your users.

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1. Web Usability on a Budget Tim G. Thomas Austin Code Camp 2012
2. Your Presenter Tim G. Thomas Senior Consultant Headspring tim@timgthomas.com @timgthomas timgthomas.com
3. Thanks to Our Sponsors
4. Agenda What is Usability? Usability in Action Usability in the Wild Q&A
5. What is Usability?
6. “Usability” “Ease of Use” “Learnability” “Comfort”
7. Tenets of Usability
8. Do what users expect Minimize cost of failure Work the way users work Keep things clear/simple Tenets of Usability
9. Do what users expect Minimize cost of failure Work the way users work Keep things clear/simple Tenets of Usability
10. Tenets of Usability Do what users expect Minimize cost of failure Work the way users work Keep things clear/simple
11. Tenets of Usability Do what users expect Minimize cost of failure Work the way users work Keep things clear/simple
12. Tenets of Usability Do what users expect Minimize cost of failure Work the way users work Keep things clear/simple
13. Usability in Action
14. Focus on Tasks, Not Actions
15. Focus on Tasks, Not Actions
16. Emphasize Important Things…
17. Emphasize Important Things…
18. … and Deemphasize Infrequent Actions
19. … and Deemphasize Infrequent Actions
20. Learn (and Use) User Language
21. Learn (and Use) User Language
22. Use Symbology/Iconography
23. Use Symbology/Iconography
24. Add Realistic Interactions
25. Add Realistic Interactions
26. Add a Splash of Color
27. Usability in Action •  Focus on Tasks, Not Actions •  Emphasize Important Things •  … and Deemphasize Infrequent Actions •  Learn (and Use) User Language •  Use Symbology/Iconography •  Add Realistic Interactions •  Add a Splash of Color
28. Thanks for Coming! Questions? http://spkr8.com/t/11561