"A Brief History of..." (Study Task 07): User Experience Design

Its experience not just usability. The usability is a tiny aspect of the experience. The experience is how it affects their life e.g. Apple - Iphone, They thought how it would work in day to day life etc... Sales went up and blackberry sales went down. Take into account their emotional reaction and connection to the product.

Hand dryers- Push and Dyson. Dyson is more thought through, it claims to be more effective and hygienic. It looks nicer and is branded well so people prefer it even if it isn't more effective.

Yahoo and Google - Yahoo is trying to be everything, this could make it a better experience but no, google is neat and has all the same things but tucked away so it primary use is a search engine. Yahoo having all this information builds its strong identity however google builds an identity around what you want it to do.

Garretts Website
What is the point? Why does it exist?

- Objective: To get people interested in the history of Cyprus.

- User Needs: To easily navigate around the website and learn about Cyprus or gain an interest in learning about it.

- Content Requirements: To cover a lot of information through and illustrated and interesting layout.

- Function Specification: 3 pages

- Information Architecture: Infographic style, 3 column grid, 3 categories

- Interactive Design: Click Buttons and Links to other sites

- Navigation Design: Click on different pages through links which are clear. Same buttons on each page.

- Interface Design: Simple and clear buttons nothing there that doesnt need to be.

- Sensory Design: Visual and Audio could work, visually lots of colours.

User Research: Real life user research. goals of particular groups, this ends up as personas. Key Goals - Do they have a task to complete quickly or time to enjoy it. Consider carefully what content is needed.

Persona: Someone who wants to learn about Cyprus but doesn't like reading heavy bulk more of a visual person who remembers key facts through illustrated points and the use of colours.

Content Stategy: The information needs to be in a simple and clear layout. Everything you want to find should be found in the first three seconds or else they will leave. Hierarchy - key facts and information should stand out to catch their eye and pull them in.