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UX Study Note 4: Knowing Your Users

Why knowing your users is so important? What you need to know about your users? What research techniques you can use to understand your user? Key Study Notes from the Course: Some of the information   you might want to know your users: who they are  (age, gender, income, etc) what do they  like or dislike behaviors  when they are engaged on your website tasks  that they perform frequency  (how often do they perform those tasks) goals experiences  (happy, frustrated?) things that you don’t want to include in your research What you need to know about your users: General information: gender, work, income, experience, task, frequency Another really important thing you need to know about your users is their  access requirements. Source of information that would be able to give you some insight who your users are such as market research, third-party report, site visits, or speak with your users Research Techniques: Focus group...

UX Study Note 2: Usability & User Centered Design

Last study note summarized that one of the key factors of the website is usability. What is usability? Does usability equal to user experience? Can business always meet users’ needs?What does a great user experience look like? Key Study Notes from Course: Usability: Usability   simply looks after the  efficiency  of a user, the  ease  in which the user can complete their task, and how  satisfied  they are with that task. The relationship between Usability and User Experience:  Usability is a subset of the user experience. User Experiences is not only about the above three terms of usability, but it also about  the experience  the user has, about  the  emotions , and about  the motivation   that comes with the user using the interface. The standard of usability talks about: the user the task the equipment the environment The most effective way of improving the usability of a product or service is in...