Summer 2022 — Usability discussion

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Example

• Understand the users - Design for the user
  • https://www.lego.com/en-us
• Mental model
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAOyWFOFhsg
• Breadcrumb trail
  • https://www.costco.com/keyboards-mice-input-devices.html
• 7 +/- 2
  • https://www.k12albemarle.org/Pages/default.aspx
• Have a point, make your point
  • http://www.omglasergunspewpewpew.com/
  • http://www.mrbottles.com/
• Help users choose action, prevent errors
  • http://www.bluenile.com/
• Excise tasks
  • https://collab.its.virginia.edu/portal
  • http://gmail.com
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sk7cOqB9Dk
• Consistency
  • https://www.yale.edu/
  • http://art.yale.edu/

Let's perform usability evaluation

To get started, use usability evaluation checklist (based on Shneiderman's 5 Criteria for Measuring Usability)

• https://blancliving.co/
• https://www.gov.uk/
• https://www.headphones.com/collections/headphones
• https://sisuva.admin.virginia.edu/ihprd/signon.html