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Following the Pied Piper of Ely

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Will end up in a cafe with a bacon sarnie, hopefully


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Harry Black learning to ski in the French Pyranees

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February 2010

 

 

UXers need to UX their own pages

I recently visited the site of a prominent user-experience (UX) designer to check out a service he's offering.  After a short time browsing I came across two broken links and a 'click here' link!

I find it hard to believe someone selling services in UX can't be bothered to get his own site in order first, it certainly didn't inspire confidence and I left the site with little intention of returning.

(I did send him a nice email though explaining the site's problems, ahhh, ain't I nice?)

The First Rule of UX - 52 Weeks of UX

As such, one of the primary goals of any good designer is communicating the intended message…the one that leads to a positive user experience. The copy-writing, the color of your text, the alignment of form labels, using all-caps or going lowercase on those navigation links—even the absence of a design pattern—are all part of this communication.

Knowing this, we can ask (and hopefully answer) the question, “Does this element support or contradict what I am trying to communicate to the user?” And by asking this you will find yourself refining and improving the little things; the things that often go unsaid or unnoticed, that ultimately make up the user’s experience.