What Marymoore Learned at UI10
A good summary of UI 10 ...
"Don’t Make Me Think! is the title of a book by Steve Krug, which I bought at User Interface 10, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 10-14. It’s also what the conference was about - creating user interfaces, primarily Web site and application interfaces, that are so usable, users don’t have to think about them.
Most attendees were Web designers, developers, usability experts, and information architects. Some of the same themes ran throughout the lectures:
"Don’t Make Me Think! is the title of a book by Steve Krug, which I bought at User Interface 10, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 10-14. It’s also what the conference was about - creating user interfaces, primarily Web site and application interfaces, that are so usable, users don’t have to think about them.
Most attendees were Web designers, developers, usability experts, and information architects. Some of the same themes ran throughout the lectures:
- Usability testing is much more effective if done on a small scale throughout the project rather than in one big test at the end.
- Iterative design, based on user test results, is vital for success.
- User tests are a powerful tool for getting buy-in from all team members, including management, especially if they view at least some of the tests live.
- Prevention in the earliest phases of design is much more effective than any usability testing after the fact.
- User tests can be conducted very cheaply."
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
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