User Experience – The Magazine of the UXPA
Revolutionizing User Experiences: The Role of Advanced Technologies in Enhancing Everyday Products. Advanced technologies are transforming user experiences, shaping product development, driving…. User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) International supports people who research, design, and evaluate the user experience (UX) of ...
SUStisfied? Little-Known System Usability Scale Facts
Aug 15, 2011 · The System Usability Scale (SUS) developed by John Brooke in 1986 is the most used questionnaire for measuring perceptions of usability. SUS is composed of ten statements with responses ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) (see Figure 1). To generate a SUS score, you first have to convert all responses so that they range ...
Cultural Probes: Understanding Users in Context - User Experience
Sep 15, 2006 · One of the latest techniques in the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) community is a data collection mechanism called cultural probes. These were introduced in 1999 by William Gaver, an academic based at the London Royal College of Art, in the publication Interactions.. Since then, cultural probes have been discussed, developed, and …
Business Origami: Learning, Empathizing, and Building with Users
Jul 14, 2016 · Business origami is a quick and easy-to-explain collaborative design method that can be used to understand end users’ environments and teammates, as well as supplement findings from other qualitative research methods. Participatory design activities, such as business origami, can complement the data gathered from interviews and observations ...
About User Experience Magazine
User Experience magazine started in 2001 and was a printed publication delivered to members of UXPA. The magazine website launched in early 2013 and became completely digital in 2014. After a major redesign in 2023, our magazine changed its format embracing discussions on every published article. The aim is to provide a more interactive ...
Taking Aim: The Power of User Experience Goals
Mar 15, 2008 · A user experience goal is a choice made by your product team about what kind of experience you want your users to have with your product or service. You use these choices to measure and direct the design of your product. Goals let us know when our tasks are complete, so that we can move on to something else.
A Really Smart Card: How Hong Kong’s Octopus Card moves people
Nov 15, 2008 · The Octopus is the world’s pioneering and most extensive electronic payment system and was the first in the world to use contact-less stored-value smart card technology for public transportation. The card can be recharged at railway stations or outlets such as 7-Eleven that accept the card, and it is debited by “swiping” in proximity to a ...
Designing for Children with ADHD: The Search for Guidelines for …
Mar 15, 2011 · The advice on “calm” and “soothing colors” may be of note to graphical designers, particularly for the design of children’s software where bright colors are often used. Guideline 3: Provide a high-reinforcement environment; reward good behavior and completion of all tasks using positive . language.
UX Maturity Model: From Usable to Delightful – User Experience
Jul 18, 2014 · UX Maturity Model: From Usable to Delightful. July 18, 2014 1. Interaction with software applications is an integral part of our lives today. The quality of interaction is influenced by multiple factors such as usability of the interface, branding, how different the UI is from all others, and whether the UI “feels” delightful.
Feature Fake: Exploring and Testing Connected Mobile Prototypes
Jul 26, 2015 · Connectivity, as a facet of user experience, is no longer confined to the apps that live on our mobile devices. The widening scope of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the proliferation of connected technologies like sensors, near field communication (NFC) tags, and beacons, are paving the way for extensive, digitally-driven experiences “outside our devices.”