Designing Healthcare Apps With Delight
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Apps and devices designed to improve people’s health are becoming more pervasive. I serve as VP, Director of User Experience, in the New York office of a global agency with both healthcare and consumer clients. During my 13 years of working in the healthcare space I have never before had such a rich opportunity to directly affect health behavior.
In this article I’ll guide you through best practices when designing consumer-facing healthcare apps. (We’re not covering medical devices that need to be approved by authorities.) We’ll explore how to plan and conduct research, design moments of delight, integrate data from third-party devices and develop a messaging matrix. We’ll also look at examples of apps live in the wild that have been designed for delight at every moment of interaction.
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Reset password, appropriate response if email doesn’t exist?
It is common on login forms to see “Email or password is incorrect” when the user types in their account details incorrectly instead of just “password is incorrect”. This is, for among other reasons, because it is a security vulnerability …
User Experience Design vs Design Thinking: What’s really the difference?
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about “Design Thinking” as a “thing” but every time I look up information on it, it seems to be exactly what we do in UX design but just in other areas.
A definition floating out there is “Design Thinking …
User Experience Design vs Design Thinking: What’s really the difference?
I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about “Design Thinking” as a “thing” but every time I look up information on it, it seems to be exactly what we do in UX design but just in other areas.
A definition floating out there is “De…
What are your top 20 books in HCI and UX Design?
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As I am a keen reader, books on UX design, usability and HCI are now the integral part of my life and work. I always find them a highly helpful source for everyone who deals with UX/HCI. So, my top 20 books list looks as follows (it’s just a list, in random order, no any rating here):
- Steve Krug “Don’t make me think“
- Don Norman “The Design of Everyday Things“
- Alan Cooper “About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design“
- Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler “A Project Guide to UX Design“
- William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler “Universal Principles of Design“
- Cennydd Bowles, James Box “Undercover User Experience Design“
- Rex Hartson, Pardha Pyla “The UX Book“
- Jesmond Allen, James Chudley “Smashing UX Design”
- Susan Weinschenk “100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People” and “100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People“
- Jesse James Garrett “The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond“
- UX-Pin team “UX Design Process Best Practices“; “Timeless UX Design Trends”, “The User Experience Guide Book For Product Managers”, “User Testing and Design”, “Interaction Design Best Practices“
- Bill Moggridge “Designing Interactions“
- Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp “Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction“
- Bill Buxton “Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)“
- Jakob Nielsen “Designing Web Usability“
- Thomas Tullis, William Albert “Measuring the User Experience: Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics (Interactive Technologies)“
Here I have to stop as the number mentioned in the question is over, although, of course, there are lots of more books helpful and useful for UX design process.
My particular personal love are e-books from UX-Pin team (UXPin). I came across one of their books accidentally, surfing the Net, and since then I have been the one who doesn’t miss the free resources on UX/UI which they kindly and regularly share.
I also deeply believe that not only designers but also project managers and sales managers dealing with design tasks have to take their time on reading those books as they will get deeper understanding of the process and will be able to influence it more efficiently. That is actually what we do in Tubik Studio : here we have the studio library of books on UX/UI design, which we read and discuss regularly to absorb the experience of well-known experts and combine it with the latest trends in design sphere.
Should I explicitly state that a form field only accepts a specific input format?
My site has a lot of fields that accept a certain format of input only. Do I need to show users that this is the case, or can I rely on them inferring it?
For example, is it better to do this:
First Name: [__…
Proper Term for "Phone Type"
We have several forms which enable users to enter a phone number. Corresponding to the number, we have a “Phone Type” field which allows them to select work, mobile, home etc.
Phone Type lacks descriptiveness but I haven’t …
Why We’re Addicted To Our Smartphones, But Not Our Tablets
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Remember all of the wisecracks about executives and their BlackBerry addictions? Back then, constant contact was limited to the few and the mighty — relatively speaking, of course. But now, the last laugh might be on us. In record time, our smartphones have become indispensable, and as mobile technology has become integrated into nearly every aspect of our lives, our smartphones are shifting from device to dependency.
But while it’s now clear that we are locked in an intense relationship with our smartphones, one has to wonder why this courtship hasn’t turned into a love triangle with tablets. After all, no matter how sleek our iPhone 6 is, our iPad or Android tablet is equally smooth and packed with life-organizing apps.
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Are Germans a different kind of human?
My title is facetious, but my question is serious:
I’m being told by a client’s business-analyst team that Germans WANT to read every detail on a website and WANT to read every word in a contract—more so than people from other cultures.
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Gesture for alternative actions
I am working on an iOS applications using SceneKit. That means the main screen contains a simple 3d scene, with various small objects in it. The main interaction from the user is dragging and “throwing” these objects around.
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