Developing a Rich Interactive Application Experience by Brian Henderson

Notes from a class taken a few years back

Developing a Rich Interactive Application Experience

9 – 10:15

• Brian Henderson
• UX Design – not something added later
• Music notes – blank space just as important
• Figuring out right way to look at problem not solution
• Context
• user
• user goals
• words they use
• methods they use
• Users –> Collect Stories
• immerse yourself into their domain / screenshots / demos
• talk to the right user – end user versus their manager
• sometimes users don’t know what they want
• don’t just listen – they often tell you the solution and not the problem
• Hide complexity
• discovery becomes part of the reward of learning the application
• Persona’s – define
• Think in terms of scenario’s – not features
• Guidance, Game, Simplicity
• too many choices, context for UI
• reward to learning, filling out profile, etc. – a game
• incentives – badge or reward (e.g. Stackoverflow, Digg)
• 6 Principles
• Make it Direct (make it obvious)
• Keep it lightweight
• Stay on the page
• Provide invitations (leaders – lead them along task)
• Use transitions
• React immediately