IA 5: Defensive Design. Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried

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User experience patterns as presented at the University of Applied Sciences/ Communication Design faculty and the Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing between 2003 and 2008. Based on Defensive Design, How to Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points by Matthew Linderman and Jason Fried, New Riders, 2004.

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IA Defensive Design

Design for when things go wrong.

⁄  From Matthew Linderman, Jason Fried Defensive Design for the Web New Riders, 2004

1. Show the Problem

2. Language Matters

3. Bulletproof Forms

4. Missing in Action

5. Lend a Helping Hand

6. Get Out of the Way

7. Search and Rescue

8. Out of Stocks

1. Show Me!

Show the Problem

1. Noticeable 2. Clear

3. Consistent

4. No Back-and-forth

2. Language

Language Matters

5. Familiar

6. Brief

7. Polite

3. Forms

Bulletproof Forms

8. Highlight Required

9. Accept All Formats

10. Provide Samples

11. State Limits

12. Don’t Show It

13. Validate Entries

14. Button Up

15. Assist Dropouts

4. Missing

Missing in Action

16. Page Not Found

17. Redirects

18. ALT Tags

19. Alternative

Versions

5. Helping Hand

Lend a Helping

Hand

20. Answer Questions

Immediately

21. Offer Easy-to-use

Help

22. Offer Self-help

23. Human Fallback

Plan

24. Follow Up Quickly

25. Offer Login Help

6. Out of the Way!

Get Out of the Way

26. Don’t Disable Back

27. Make it Fast

28. Don’t Force

Registration

29. Don’t Block With

Ads

30. Eliminate Unnecessary Navigation

7. Search

Search and Rescue 31. Explain

32. Anticipate

Errors

33. Filter Results

34. Expand Criteria

35. Offer Tips

36. No Advanced Searches

8. Out of Stocks

Out of Stocks

37. Be Upfront!

38. Available

Later?

39. Offer Email

Notification

40. Show Similar Items

Credits

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Layers/ Elements of User Experience:

⁄  Jesse James Garret, 2000

Screenshots: ⁄  Me, Myself, and I

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The book: ⁄  Matthew Linderman, Jason

Fried, Defensive Design for the Web, How to Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points , 2004, New Riders

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