What happens in the end-to-end experience? Can the intended audience find what they’re looking for? What is the actual problem being solved? Are you designing the right product for the customer need? Information architecture, accessibility, findability, taxonomy, interaction design, research, usability, case studies, interviews, surveys, and more.
Visual design of software interfaces is becoming increasingly complex due to more possibilities and fewer platform standards. Milan Guenther introduces how to support interaction with the visible part of software, using photography as an example.
Continue readingVideo game research is mostly focus groups and controlled lab play. For EA’s Spore, Bolt|Peters set out to do better by letting the users play the game in a natural environment, without interference from other players, researchers, or arbitrary tasks.
Continue readingAs IxDA’s Interaction 09 kicks off the 2009 conference season, Chris Baum reflects back on last year’s inaugural event and appreciates the real-life impact of the interaction design craft.
Continue readingFive years ago, Colm Nelson captured a dream job as the Interaction Designer for the blockbuster Halo 3. He sits down with Bryce Glass for part two of a two-part series.
Continue readingYou’ve already learned how to use QTUT to reduce usability study prep time. Now, in part two of his article, Paul Nuschke describes how to expedite usability test sessions, and analysis & reporting.
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