What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools And Resources. Advertisement Websites and Web applications have become progressively more complex as our industry’s technologies and methodologies advance. What used to be a one-way static medium has evolved into a very rich and interactive experience. But regardless of how much has changed in the production process, a website’s success still hinges on just one thing: how users perceive it. “Does this website give me value? Is it easy to use? Is it pleasant to use?” User experience design is all about striving to make them answer “Yes” to all of those questions. What Is User Experience? User experience (abbreviated as UX) is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. Those who work on UX (called UX designers) study and evaluate how users feel about a system, looking at such things as ease of use, perception of the value of the system, utility, efficiency in performing tasks and so forth.
UX designers also look at sub-systems and processes within a system. Why Is UX Important? Complex Systems. Jeremiah Owyang - Google+ - RESOURCES: Social Media Voice and Brand Style Guides. … Content Strategy and UX: A Modern Love Story. Content strategy has been around for a long time. Large corporations such as Disney, Wells Fargo, and Mayo Clinic have had functional content strategy teams for years. The mega-agency Razorfish has had dedicated content strategists on staff since 1998. But it's really only been in the last two years that the larger UX community has started paying closer attention to content strategy. In 2008, not a single UX conference had a session or workshop devoted to content strategy; In 2010, nearly all of them did, including the IA Summit, UX Week, UX London, User Interface Conference, and even SXSW.
Why the gold rush? The answer is pretty simple: it's inherently impossible to design a great user experience for bad content. No matter how brilliant your designs, if the content is bad, the honeycomb crumbles. Today, the sudden surge of interest in content strategy has stirred hope in even the most jaded UX souls. What Exactly Is Content Strategy?
So, Is Content Strategy a Part of UX Strategy? Duarte Shop. Remote Usability Testing – Remote Usability and UX Research Tools. Tools for doing functional, soulful user experience, interaction, and usability research. If it’s related to behavior, it’s on here. We’ve assembled this over the years from our own use, UX Booth, Liz Bacon’s list, Craig Tomlin’s list, and magic. None of these companies have paid us for this placement. Yell @ethnio or comment to get updated or placed. No guarantees. Our Picks This represents our workflow and the tools we use right now. Self-Moderated Your participant speaks into their mic, and completes tasks they read on screen, giving you a video of their interactions. Mobile The number one most interesting category for remote research - ioS, iPhone, iPad, Android. Automated You create tasks for participants, they see them in an iframe or window, and then they use a site while the tool gathers analytics about their behavior.
Moderated Tools These allow you to observe a participant directly and talk to them at the same time. Surveys.