This document is a summary of my notes from the lectures in the 1st Year, Semester 1 of UX Design Theories.
It covers a lot of psychology behind design and what to do / what not to do when it comes to making a website. The topics include: usability, design principles & heuristics, human psychology...
Contents
Introduction to User Experience Theories 1
Contents 1
Feedback 3
Usability & UX 3
Usability and UX 4
Evaluating Canva 11
Formatting / Examples 13
Blog Section 14
Design Principles and Heuristics 19
Design Principles 19
Heuristics 21
Checking Heuristics 23
Formatting / Examples 24
Blog Section 25
Human Psychology & UX Laws 30
Psychological Principles 30
Cognitive Psychology 31
Attention 31
Doherty Threshold 32
Fitt’s Law 34
Perception 35
Memory 36
Miller’s Law 36
Jacob’s Law 37
Learning 38
Postel’s Law 38
Language 41
Decision Making 42
Cognitive Load 43
Hick’s Law 43
Tesler’s Law 44
Gestalt Principles 46
Continuity 46
Closure 46
Similarity 46
Proximity 47
Symmetry 47
1
, Figure & Ground 47
Conclusion 48
Example Analysis of Websites 49
Blog Section 50
Incentives, Behavioural Changes & Persuasive Design 54
Dark Patterns 54
Ethics 62
Conclusions 62
Example Analysis of Websites 63
Blog Section 64
Accessibility & Universal Design 67
What Is Universal Design? 67
Universal Design Principles 68
Challenges 73
Conclusions 74
Demonstrating Accessibility 75
What is Accessibility? 76
Areas of Disability Affective Web Use 77
Integrating Accessibility 79
Conclusion 80
Example Analysis of Websites 81
Blog Section 82
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,Feedback
Usability & UX
● Section 1 is well structured
● Too personal, maybe say ‘it takes 10mins to…’
○ “On average this took me 10 mins… may depend on the user however…”
● Specific task
○ Re order efficient section - put filters first to talk about what presentation i was
specifically looking for (instead of “desired template” talk about the specifics -
otherwise facts are quite vague)
● Filters - effectiveness
○ Talk about this as effective point
○ Nav bar stays in the same place always
● I like the details you have provided with the use of the figure of the pictures
● Improve quality of screenshots (maybe use milanote)
SUPPORTING CREATIVITY
The range of templates and styles are inspiring for many people, thus
supporting their creativity. However, these are limited due to the paid
features which not everyone can afford.
-bit contradictory.
● Focus on one point or the other
3
, Usability and UX
Usability
The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified
goals with effectiveness, efficiency & satisfaction in a specified context of user.
Cont.
A quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. Also refers to
methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process.
Don’t ask questions
Users shouldn't have to ask how something works, how to do what they want to do.
Good websites should be self explanatory & provide all necessary information.
Importance of usability
● You lose users if usability is not there
● Frustrated users can always head elsewhere
Goals of usability
● Functionally correct
● Efficient to use
● Easy to learn
● Easy to remember
● Error tolerant
● Subjectively pleasing
Functionally correct
● Does what it says on the box
● Does what we expect
● Performs functions the user requires
● May need to meet number of design goals
Efficient to use
● How many hoops?
● Able to perform task?
● Time / actions required to perform tasks
○ This is measurable
● Too many clicks?
Easy to learn
● Effort required to learn task
● How fast for first time users?
● How fast for repeated users?
● Less steps → easier to learn
● How many hoops?
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