Terminology. Peter Merholz, VP of experience design at Inflection (and founder of Adaptive Path), thinks there is no such thing as a UX design profession. User experience is a strategic framework, he says, a mindset for approaching product and service challenges. “The practice of user experience is most successful when focused on strategy, vision, and planning, not design and execution.
Terminology. By Frank Guo Published: April 24, 2012 “UX professionals use the term user experience much more broadly, to cover everything ranging from ease of use to user engagement to visual appeal. User experience better captures all of the psychological and behavioral aspects of users’ interactions with products. ” Some people mistakenly use the terms user experience and usability almost interchangeably.
Terminology. When Bill Moggridge and Bill Verplank coined the term "interaction design" some 25 years ago, it was a wonky term, suited to a wonky discipline just in its infancy. In fact, the discipline was so wonky that the term itself was forgotten for 10 years, until it finally came back into use as computers started flooding the mainstream.
Terminology. A close friend asked me a few days ago – “You’ve covered decent ground on the science, dimensions, characteristics, design aspects, process and pervasiveness of usability considerations. How about doing a reverse bit? What usability is not about? Or the myths of usability?” I jumped at the chance.
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Terminology. Jargon. It's an occupational hazard. Which is why we couldn't help but chuckle when we read this Harvard Business Review article on the subject. The article got us thinking, what are the buzzwords in our field that simply don't make much sense to us? The one term that kept coming to mind was "User Experience Design.
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Terminology. "In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.
Terminology. In a blog post, Justin Mifsud discuss the terms usability and user experience, highlighting their differences and more importantly the relationship that exists between them. “Usability is a narrower concept than user experience since it only focuses on goal achievement when using a web site.
Terminology. By Theresa Neil Making advertising, onboarding, distribution, engagement, and retention part of UX. When I started as an application designer in 2001, I worked really hard for my clients, whipping their applications into shape.
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