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121. User Interface Design Terms Explained: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
September 11, 2010
What is Human-Computer Interaction and how does it relate to user interface design? Human-Computer Interaction (often abbreviated as HCI) is an interdisciplinary area of study largely concerned with the intersection where people come into contact with computers, namely us...
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122. Principles of User Interface Design
September 11, 2010
In order to improve the quality of user interface designs an interface designer should be mindful of the principles of user interface design. According to Larry Constantine and Lucy Lockwood, these are: - The structure principle – This is concerned with the overall user interfa...
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123. Interface design terms explained: Findability
September 11, 2010
“Findability precedes usability, in the alphabet and on the Web. You can't use what you can't find.” - Peter Morville What is findability? The concept of findability is universal; at its most fundamental level the findability refers to someone or some...
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124. User Interface Design Methods Explained: Accessibility Design
August 31, 2010
What is accessibility and why is it important? In general terms, accessibility describes the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is easy and straightforward to use by as many people as possible. In addition, accessibility concerns itself with the b...
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125. Usability Terms Explained: Learnability and Its Significance for User Interface Design
August 20, 2010
What part does generalizability play in the learnability of an interface design? Generalizability further expands on consistency within an interface design by looking at software applications that are similar to yours. Although similar to familiarity there is a distinctio...
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126. Usability Terms Explained: Learnability and Its Significance for Interface Design
August 20, 2010
Usability testing of an interface design measures five basic factors. These are Learnability (how fast a user who has never seen a user interface design before learns to us...
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127. Usability Terms Explained: Context of Use - You Ought to Consider it for Better User Interface Desi
August 11, 2010
Why is context of use analysis a vital usability strategy? Context of use analysis assists interface designers in posing crucial usability “probe” questions as they develop their website or application. These probe questions, often the result of collaborator b...
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128. Usability Terms Explained: Context of Use - You Ought to Consider it for Better User Interface Desi
August 11, 2010
What is the “context of use” and why does it matter? The term Context of Use refers to the actual setting within which users employ a given product, artifact or software program (e.g. a web application). The context of use setting is comprised of all the situ...
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129. User centered design and usability
July 08, 2010
Usability as one of the main goals of the user interface design process benefits not only from usability testing, but also from employing other methods of user centered design. User centered design allows designers to set realistic goals and objectives for the design of a user interface that bala...
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130. Does Great Usability Equal Great User Interface Design?
July 07, 2010
What is usability? At its most fundamental level, usability is defined as the study of the ease with which people can achieve a particular goal by operating a human-made tool or system. The central question of usability is how well can users learn and use a system or tool...
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