UX from 30,000ft - COMP33512 - Lectures 7 & 8 - Week 4 - 2013/2014 Edition #comp33512

UX Pop Quiz Effective Experience Technical Break! Potted Principles Wrapping Up

The User Experience

from 30,000ft#comp33512

Week 04 – Lectures 07/08

Simon Harper

University of Manchester

Semester 2 – 2013/14

last update: February 18, 2014

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UX Pop Quiz

1. How would you go about getting the ‘what’ ?

2. Why are Post-its so important?

3. What are the differences between informal and semi-formal

methods?

4. Pick an informal methodology and describe it?

5. What are the two main danger points to remember when

undertaking UXD?

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Effective Experience – an Unconventional View!

Effective, adj. and n.

“a. Powerful in effect; producing a notable effect; effectual.”

OED – a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De

Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xvii. lxxxiv.

974.

Why Not Just Accessibility?

� You could conventionally think of this as accessibility.

� Accessibility connotations of disability.

� I don’t hold with this – access/accessibility is much broader

than disability.

� Effective = ability to produce an effect - regardless of how

that ability does or does not exist.

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Effective Experience – an Unconventional View!

Effective, adj. and n.

“a. Powerful in effect; producing a notable effect; effectual.”

OED – a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De

Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xvii. lxxxiv.

974.

Why Not Just Accessibility?

� You could conventionally think of this as accessibility.

� Accessibility connotations of disability.

� I don’t hold with this – access/accessibility is much broader

than disability.

� Effective = ability to produce an effect - regardless of how

that ability does or does not exist.



Access is for Everyone...

“While pedalling a Boris Bike I start

to shuffle in my pocket. Where is

that damn iPhone. Finally, I find it.

The next challenge is to get it out

my pocket whilst still navigating the

Humvee of the bike world.

Eventually, I give up. I pull over and

get my iPhone out. I look up the

nearest docking station with spaces

and get back on my way.”

Figure: ‘a’



But More Critical for Disabled People...

“For me computer systems are

everything. They’re my hi-fi, my

source of income, my supermarket,

my telephone. They’re my way in.”

Quote taken from an anonymous

blind user.



Barriers to Effectual Use

Visual: Many Many challenges in providing efficient /

effective use.

Cognitive: Many types / a large spectrum - under researched.

Hearing: First language is Sign.

Physical: Many types - with input solutions. ‘Locked in’ -

brain interfaces?

Combinatorial: Different but low level impairments experienced in

combination.




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i18n: Language and understanding.

Literacy: Education and misconception.

Situational: Mobile et al.

Developing Regions: Unconventional use.

Low Income: Device Independence.



It’s a Loop

1. Device Independence;

2. Mobile Browsing;

3. Real World Mobility Technology;

4. Mobile to Mobile Cash Transfer;

5. Pringles WiFi; and

6. Mobile Phone Torch.

Figure: ‘a’



Technical Accessibility Issues

I GUIs become a problem;

I Screen Scraping introduced as

a solution - Old Skool; then

I Off-Screen Model (OSM)

replaces Screen Scraping -

richer in meaning.

‘What mainstream technology

uses something like OSM?’

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I GUIs become a problem;

I Screen Scraping introduced as

a solution - Old Skool; then

I Off-Screen Model (OSM)

replaces Screen Scraping -

richer in meaning.

‘What mainstream technology

uses something like OSM?’




I Microsoft Active

Accessibility

(MSAA / UI

Automation); then

I IAccessible2.




I Platform Independent

Software; then

I Interface Bridges; also

I Ajax - Jesse James Garret

(2005) + evangelists at

Netscape in May 2003,

and Greg Aldridge;

I ARIA (WAI ARIA) -

Aaron M Leventhal,

Mozilla (2003-ish).

Figure: ‘a’



Let’s Have a Break!

Back in 10 Minutes!

Come see me now if you have

Questions Regarding this Lecture!

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Potted Principles of Effectual User Experience – POUR

‘Perceivable’ Can you ‘see’ it?

‘Operable’ Can you use it?

‘Understandable’ Can you understand it? and

‘Robust’ Is it fault tolerant.

But...

...again I don’t hold with these four only.

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But...




Potted Principles of Effectual User Experience

–Foot Stool



‘Open’ Is it open to programatic extension?


‘Flexible’ Is it flexible?



Potted Principles of Effectual User Experience

– POOUF



‘Open’ Is it open to programatic extension?


‘Flexible’ Is it flexible?



Facilitate Perceivability

Questions to think about as you design your prototype:

I Does your system convey information by colour alone but

without an alternate textual description?

I Is there a succinct meaningful name and label for each

interface component – including alternatives for icons, etc.?

I Can the user personalise the interface settings, including

different styles and sizes of typography, fore and background

colours, and default interface look and feel?

I How easy is it to find and interact interface controls and the

shortcuts too them?

I Have you provided keyboard focus and text cursors, and will

your system restore it’s previous state when regaining focus?













shortcuts too them?















shortcuts too them?















shortcuts too them?















shortcuts too them?





Facilitate Openness


I If you have provided succinct meaningful name and label for

each interface component – including alternatives for icons,

and the like – are these names displayed and available to

third-party technology?

I Is you software open such that its information is available to

third part systems including conventional assistive

technologies?

I Does your software allow input and manipulation by these

third party systems?

I If your systems is closed then does it allow all input and

output to pass through to third-party software?



Facilitate Openness








technologies?







Facilitate Openness








technologies?







Facilitate Openness








technologies?







Facilitate Operability


I Can the user control all aspects of an audio - visual

presentation (such as a video)?

I Can the user personalise the interaction settings, and change

the length of any timed events?

I Are all functions/interface components/interactions able to

be controlled via the keyboard?


be controlled via a mouse like pointer controller?

I Are all multiple chorded key presses available in a sticky-key

sequential form?
















sequential form?
















sequential form?
















sequential form?
















sequential form?
















sequential form?





Facilitate Understandability



interface component – including alternatives for icons, and

the like?

I Are all interface control and interaction features well

documented?

I Do all error or alert messages give consistent information,

appear in a consistent place, and facilitate movement to the

site of those errors?

I Do you follow the OS keyboard conventions and best

practice and style guides?

I Have you tied into the system wide spell checker?







the like?


documented?













the like?


documented?













the like?


documented?













the like?


documented?









Facilitate Flexibility


I Does you system allow users to conform the colour encoding

to their preferences?






I Can the keyboard be remapped?

I Do you allow keyboard shortcuts and accelerator keys to be

personalised to the user preferences?



























































Pop Quiz for next week...

1. Give an example of why Accessibility is for everyone.

2. What is your view regarding ‘Combinatorial Impairment’ ?

3. Pick an interface bridge and describe it.

4. What is the relationship between effective and accessible

design?

5. What are the five main principles of effective design?

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To Do for next week...

1. Pop Quiz. Discuss Next Week; and

2. Read your notes up to the end of Efficient Experience.



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