How usability makes websites better

How usabily makes webses beer

Régis KuckaertzNvision

Sofitel Luxembourg, September

How usabili makes webses beer Sofitel Luxembourg, September

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Usabily 101


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Jakob Nielsen writes

usabili is a quali aribute that assesses how easy user terfaces are to use. e word “usabili” also refers to methods for provg ease-of-use durg the design process

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accessibility


utility


Steve Krug writes

Usabili really just means makg sure that somethg works well: that a person of average abili and experience can use the thg for s tended purpose whout geg hopelessly frustrated

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Jared Spool writes

Users’ expeations of a produ depend on the maturi of s market. By identig what stage your produ is now, you can anticate some of the pfalls that lie ahead

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1TechnologyBeg the first is

crucial



crucial 2Features

Havg more features than the competors



crucial

3Experience

Beg easy to learn, fast and powerful

2Features




crucial

3Experience

Beg easy to learn, fast and powerful

2Features


4Integration

Becomg part of a bigger experience


4321

TechnologyBeg the first is

crucial

FeaturesHavg more features than the competors

ExperienceBeg easy to learn, fast and powerful

IntegrationBecomg part of a bigger experience



Debunkg the myths


Usability is…

expensive


Usability is…

hard


Usability is…

anti-design


Jakob Nielsen writes

All usabili does is to make ease-of-use explic so that you can account for your design. You can pay aention to this data or ignore ; the real world remas the same regardless

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Usabily praice


1Inquiry


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1Inquiry 2

Evaluation






1Inquiry 2

Evaluation

3Testing


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