user experience

From a design and development standpoint, user experience is the applied practice of making technology accessible. From an end-user's standpoint, user experience determines how well elements such as layout, graphics, feature hierarchy and navigation combine to make a technology usable and painless.

As with any design practice applied to technology, user experience is a blend of both science and art. While drawing on scientific principles from the fields of cognitive psychology and human computer interaction, the creation of a positive user experiences requires both empathy and aesthetic sensibilities.

As technology becomes increasingly complex, so does the application of good user experience practices become more vital. Apple's continued success in the marketplace serves as an example that success need not hinge on superior hardware, but on the ability to imbue complex technologies with positive, personally rewarding user experiences.

User experience is also a major factor in the blogging and social media spheres: as the quantity, variety and interconnectedness of information increases, so does the importance of good user experience design in making said information more easily accessible. As information sharing becomes increasingly commoditized, the user experience of an online service can become its key differentiator.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “user experience”

• in Technology
  Ten Tech Trends for Your 2012 New Year’s Resolutions List
  This year ten trends will move from “new concept” to “mainstream trend.” Exploring all should be on your “to-do” list.
  by jhaughwout / on Jan 16, 2012
• in Business
  Persuasion vs. Manipulation
  This article features the key difference between persuasion and manipulation along with few real examples.
  by idyeah / on Dec 24, 2011
• in Technology
  Evolution At Work: Why Traditional Enterprise Tech Will Get Killed By Consumer-oriented Products
  In today’s Enterprise 2.0 world, the “DNA” of consumer-oriented companies will enable them to displace those with old-fashioned “dinosaur” mindsets.
  by jhaughwout / on Sep 6, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “user experience”

 

• About creativity, time and good ideas – a nice book (and a video) that explains it almost all in a social way

  
  Stefano Paganini's blog: mining for web, marketing, technology, fun — Authority: 109
  Steven Johnson’s book is highly recommended : this is usually a book’s review ending line, I put it at the beginning since the book it’s about good ideas and good timing. Well, the good idea is grab a copy and the timing is now ! Full title is Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation ...
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• Google Wants to Clean Up Android UI, Removes Menu Button for Better User Experience

  
  GottaBeMobile.com — Authority: 438
  In an effort to create a simpler, more intuitive user experience for its Android platform, Google is advising developers to do away with the menu button moving forward. As it stands, on Android 2.3 and older devices, a separate hardware navigation button is used to activate additional functions and hidden features ...
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• Pulse News – Updated with bug fixes for tablets, dark mode

  
  Android Headlines - Your Trusted Android News Source — Authority: 526
  If youre a user of Pulse News youll want to the Android Market and grab the latest update. Getting bumped up to v2.7.4, this releases addresses some issues with dark mode and more importantly takes care of a few bugs for tablet users. Its not a huge update but its an update either way and we like updates — ...
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• Responsive Design Sketchbook

  
  Boagworld — Authority: 409
  I really like the look of this carefully thought out sketch pad: http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0064/4612/products/responsive-blueprint_grande.png?100729 I can imagine how this could benefit the design thinking process, helping designers to remember and consider that site design should be working at many ...
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• Inline Translation on Facebook Comments

  
  Usability Dimensions — Authority: 98
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• If this is an Automatic Door, Why do I need to Press to Open?

  
  Design Sojourn — Authority: 92
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• User experience comes first in designing page layout, Google algorithm says

  
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• Crafting experience

  
  MEX - the strategy forum for mobile user experience — Authority: 92
  The Victoria & Albert Museum’s ‘ Power of Making ‘ exhibition highlighted the intricate and creative skills required to build experiences in the physical form. The pre-requisites for the exhibition’s most successful items seemed to be knowledge of materials, patience to iterate and willingness to subvert ...
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• Twitter Lists Demoted, Twitter Favorites Promoted, NEW TWITTER Changes the Game

  
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• Mobile User Experience

  
  Thoughts Unlimited — Authority: 89
  User Experience is important in all forms of Applications.  It is extremely critical and significant in case of Mobile Applications. However, Mobile UX is extremely underestimated and overlooked when Desktop Web Applications are transformed into Mobile Web Applications.  Essentially, Mobile UX can be categorized ...
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• 10 Secrets of Online Selling

  
  Search Engine Optimisation Andy Kinsey - Manchester / Edinburgh — Authority: 97
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• B2B Facebook marketing best practices – and some real-world tips too!

  
  Stefano Paganini's blog: mining for web, marketing, technology, fun — Authority: 109
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• How To Fix Dell.com – And Dells Branding Crisis (they arent asking me any more)

  
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• What Happens When Inbound Marketing Works?

  
  Marketing Interactions — Authority: 400
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• Making a better alert prompt

  
  Clickable Bliss Blog — Authority: 79
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• Ten Tech Trends for Your 2012 New Year’s Resolutions List

  
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