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If technologies such as AJAX and Flash are powerful flames heating up the Web, then we designers are the glassblowers. It's up to us to create intuitive, engaging interfaces on top of the new possibilities that AJAX and Flash bring. But old skills aren't enough in this age of animated transitions, asynchronous interactivity, and application-like behavior. What does every designer need to know in order to move from static HTML sites to dynamic rich interfaces? This presentation covers effective ways to incorporate user feedback into a dynamic interface, and how timing can be the difference between an interface that works and one that doesn't. We'll also discuss how traditional usability ideals such as discoverability and simplicity take on new meaning when we design rich interfaces. The session will include many examples of successful and failed rich interfaces. Presentation by Steve Mulder.

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Copyright © 2008 Molecular, Inc. | www.molecular.com | Linked by Isobar1

How AJAX Changes Everything

Steve Mulder

Rich Interface Design

& Flash

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The spectrum of rich interfaces

Single-ScreenCheckout

SliderDrag-and-Drop

ConfiguratorsIn-Page Editing

Auto-Suggest

Microsite

Interactive Charts/Calculators

Rich page components Rich Internet Applications

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To Richify or Not to Richify?

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Opportunities for richness

• What are common activities that could be easier?– Searching (e.g., auto-suggest)

– Avoiding errors (asynchronous validation)

– Making long processes faster (e.g., registration)

– Transactions

– Video/audio

• Where do users want more flexibility or power?– Selection tools

– Configurators

– Dashboards

• Where are brand-immersive experiences valuable and effective?

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Single-screen checkout

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Opportunities for richness

• What are common activities that could be easier?– Searching (e.g., auto-suggest)

– Avoiding errors (asynchronous validation)

– Making long processes faster (e.g., registration)

– Transactions

– Video/audio

• Where do users want more flexibility or power?– Selection tools

– Configurators

– Dashboards

• Where are brand-immersive experiences valuable and effective?

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Finding stuff: the early years

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AJAX to the rescue!

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Wine store proof of concept (wine.molecular.com)

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Opportunities for richness

• What are common activities that could be easier?– Searching (e.g., auto-suggest)

– Avoiding errors (asynchronous validation)

– Making long processes faster (e.g., registration)

– Transactions

– Video/audio

• Where do users want more flexibility or power?– Selection tools

– Configurators

– Dashboards

• Where are brand-immersive experiences valuable and effective?

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adidas miCoach

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adidas miCoach.com

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Opportunities for richness

• What are common activities that could be easier?– Searching (e.g., auto-suggest)

– Avoiding errors (asynchronous validation)

– Making long processes faster (e.g., registration)

– Transactions

– Video/audio

• Where do users want more flexibility or power?– Selection tools

– Configurators

– Dashboards

• Where are brand-immersive experiences valuable and effective?

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Nikon

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NikonUSA.com

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Reebok Run Easy

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Reebok GoRunEasy.com

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Elementsof Richness

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User expectations of Web interactions are changing

“I want it to work like…”

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Instant feedback

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Faster processes

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Endless.com

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Backpack

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SSCO

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More ways to interact

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Marketwatch

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Wine demo

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Etsy

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Direct manipulation

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Drag and drop Netflix

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Google Finance

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Differentiating experiences

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Nike ID

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http://www.backstageataccenture.com/

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vs.

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User Experience Challenges

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There is more same than different

Information design challengesare universal

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Parade of failures

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Complexity

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Wine store, version 1

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What we wanted users to feel

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What users actually felt

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First-time vs. regular use

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Run Easy: Before

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Run Easy: After

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adidas miCoach: display and buttons

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• Prune with ferocity

• Overemphasize the core, underemphasize the cool stuff

• Be obsessive about a consistent visual system for interactivity cues

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Discoverability

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Discoverability60%Messaging

14%

Legibility11%

Performance11%

Gremlins3%

Drunk Facilitator

1%

Root causes of usability issues *

* Fake chart based on no data whatsoever

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Findability = the quality of a known item to be locatable on a web site

Discoverability = the quality of a known or unknown item to be noticeable on a web page

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The Components of Discoverability

Position

Context

User expectations & conventions

Design

Text & labeling

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• Intercept natural eye scanning behavior

• Information design and hierarchy more important than ever

• Motion – the weapon of power that can also backfire

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Affordance

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Timing

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Slowing it down

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Control

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Mouseover overload

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Override control

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adidas miCoach: desktop expectations

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Familiarity

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If it looks like a drop-down…

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Back button expectations

• People expect the Back button to work!

• People expect Undo functionality– Most recent action, whatever that might be

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DesignProcess

Warning: common sense ahead

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Every web site is becoming less like a site and

more like an application

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The components of the experiences we create are getting smaller

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The nimble and iterative shall inherit the earth

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Engineered waterfalls do not inspire

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We need better visualization tools

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Adobe “Thermo”

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Users expect more power and complexity without sacrificing

simplicity

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Steve Muldersmulder@molecular.com

www.molecular.com/webdesignworld-chicago

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