Creating Usable Apps

Talk / workshop given at iOSDevUK 2015, Aberystwyth, Wales.

Transcript

1. creating usable apps @mennenia
2. bug free?
3. SMooth animations?
4. syncs via icloud?
5. not exactly…
6. Usability Studies
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10. Usability Studies
11. Usability Studies The practicalities
12. let’s have some fun
13. Different types of feedback
14. user study
15. pain points
16. Analytics, right?
17. Where to start fixing?
18. (Fundamental) Addition
19. Basics
20. goal
21. What are you working on right now?
22. If you could find out one thing
23. What would it be?
24. Goal of the session
25. Yes, write it down
26. How do we answer that?
27. How to extract this info from another human?
28. Elements
29. A Working Prototype A person A set of tasks
30. working prototype 1
31. code or click-through
32. a person (or five) 2
33. 5 sessions will catch 80% of issues
34. a discussion guide 3
35. tasks relating back to your goal
36. significant exposure of the feature
37. Don’t tell them how. Tell them what to do.
38. example
39. bit.ly/1NoZAOg
40. your turn
41. bit.ly/1KDmH7h
42. let’s discuss
43. running the sessions
44. keeping them at ease observe everything
45. keeping them at ease 1
46. Nothing is their fault
47. testing the product, Not you
48. Emojo’s cool
49. Equally, we’re not testing you
50. Observing all 2
51. keep them talking
52. watch out for things
53. prompt them
54. Be a therapist
55. This is the useful stuff
56. your turn
57. how did that go?
58. when do I test?
59. as early as possible
60. catch conceptual mistakes before committing too much code
61. how often?
62. Rinse. Repeat.
63. Usability Studies ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
64. Usability Studies!
65. find people and try it
66. SEeing is believing
67. Thank you
68. @mennenia questions?