Tagg: user experience

If your users can’t find the content they want on your website, then it really doesn’t matter if you actually have that content. Here’s what you can learn from the craft of “wayfinding” about helping users find what they want. Architecture may not seem to have much to do with building user interfaces for a […]

You can create User Interfaces that your users will find intuitive…provided you look at the other electronic applications they’re using. Some things require no explanation. If you are this close to a crocodile you don’t move or, if you do, you back away sloooooowly. No signs or shouted instructions are necessary. An ideally “intuitive” User Interface […]

Your user probably doesn’t think about the problem the way you do. And, unless you take the time to find out how your users do think about the problem, you won’t have anything like an “intuitive” interface. Jared M. Spool defines “intuitive” as the gap between what knowledge the user has and what knowledge the application […]

Here’s a better way to think about how you can assemble a truly “intuitive” user interface. Listen, I’ve got some ink on my body but even I recognize that offering people free tattoos is going to lead to some regrettable decisions. In User eXperience design, we have a similar problem with the idea of “affordances”: […]

“Intuitive” doesn’t have to be a buzzword. It can, instead, be a genuinely useful way of thinking about your UX design…provided you give “intuitive” a real meaning that begins with how your users think about their problems. The word “intuitive” gets tossed around a lot, but it’s often used without any real meaning.  Jef Raskin […]