User Experience Design in GNOME

Student Training

User Experience Design in GNOME

Allan CaegUX Designer and Product Manager@AllanCaeg

Sections of This Presentation

UX 101

The GNOME Design Team

Getting Started with Designing

UX 101

What's software for?

Usability

The effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which specified users achieve specified goals in particular environments.

Usability

From http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/0104-usabilityprocess/slide3-0.html

effectiveness: the accuracy and completeness with which specified users can achieve specified goals in particular environments

efficiency: the resources expended in relation to the accuracy and completeness of goals achieved

satisfaction: the comfort and acceptability of the work system to its users and other people affected by its use

Usability

From http://www.w3.org/2002/Talks/0104-usabilityprocess/slide3-0.html

a person's perceptions and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of a product, system or service

ISO Definition of User Experience

From http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000029.php

UX Honeycomb

From http://www.jjg.net/ia/

Elements of User Experience

UX Deliverables

Wireframes

Lo-fi mockups

Fast and easy

Easy to iterate

Wireframes

User Flows

Shows steps a user will take to achive goal

User Flow for

checking email

Many more…

User research

Usability tests

Site Maps

The GNOME Design Team

User Experience Advocates

People serving as User Centered Design advocates for different projects concerning GNOME

From https://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/UXAdvocates

Human Interface Guidelines

From http://library.gnome.org/devel/hig-book/stable/intro.html.en

Tells how to create applications that look right, behave properly, and fit into the GNOME user interface as a whole

For interface designers, graphic artists and software developers

Contains specifics and the high level philosophy behind

Communication Channels

Mailing list: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

IRC: #usability and #gnome-design on irc.gimp.org

Getting Started with Designing

Start simple, but make it sustainable

The technology is for the user

Every user is different

Consider accessibility

Keep users in mind

Explore online resourcesFollow blogs

• http://useit.com

• http://adaptivepath.com/ideas

• http://azarask.in/

Join communities

• http://ux.stackexchange.com/

• http://www.ixda.org

When you feel ready,feel free to drop by GNOME Usability

Mailing list: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability

IRC: #usability and #gnome-design on irc.gimp.org

Keep in mind that software should help improve the quality of

people's lives

Thank you!

Allan CaegUX Designer and Product Manager@AllanCaeg