Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Unit 1 Reading Response – Chapter 1 “Don’t make me think!”

Unit 1 Reading Response – Chapter 1 “Don’t make me think!”


This chapter talks about how important it is to keep the design and usability very simple and easy to you. There should almost no thinking at all when someone is using the site if app. It should almost be like second nature to them. Everything that is in the design should have a purpose and reason for being there. The kiss rule should be in the designers head at all time. The user does not want to have to spend a day and a night trying to find something that should only be one click away to find. Especial, if they just what to find out business hours or the food menu to a restaurant. All the links and navigation should be self-exploratory without having the user guess if they are clicking in the right link to get to where they want to go. If the usability is too hard to use and understand, the user will get frustrated with it and give up and find a better site or app that can provided the same information that they are looking for without giving them a headache in trying to navigate the other one. Simplicity will make or break the design of a web site and or app. 

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