with great power comes great (development) responsibility

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Developers are often seem as mere implementors, when the reality is that their choices can have a huge impact on the overall success of projects - for good, or for bad. A user-centric design process is common in most projects, but in this talk we’ll cover how viewing usability and responsibility as part of development decisions is equally as important. We’ll travel through time from the beginning of the digital age, observing how a focus on users (or lack of) has helped to make or break the success of ideas. We’ll also consider how other industries apply similar principles, and how we can learn from them, finishing with some tips to apply to our builds.

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SALLY JENKINSON · @sjenkinson · From the Front · 18th September 2014

With great power comesgreat (development) responsibility

Hello!SALLY JENKINSON

@sjenkinson sally@recordssoundthesame.com www.recordssoundthesame.com

THE three laws

2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Three Laws of Robotics

?

1. technology is experiences

technology

experiences

“We don’t have a UX Team. If the problem

with your service is that the servers are slow

and the UX Team can’t change that, then

they aren’t in control of the user experience

and they shouldn’t be called the user

experience team.”

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2014/07/18/whats-the-design-process-at-gds/

User experience is affected

by our implementations. 

User experience isnot just visual

of online shoppers cite checkout speed as the

number one factor that determines whether

or not they will return to a site.

http://blog.radware.com/applicationdelivery/applicationaccelerationoptimization/2014/01/55-web-performance-stats-youll-want-to-know/

46%

FRONT-end performance

test your experiences

evolve your thinking

Modified from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_evolution.svg. Devices from icomoon.io

2. be MORE responsive

fluid grid+

flexible images+

media queries

Size isn’t everything(RWD > media queries > widths)

dev.w3.org/csswg/mediaqueries4/

Ambient Light API

dev.w3.org/csswg/mediaqueries4/

Scripting

pointer

hover

light-level

“used to query whether scripting languages, such as JavaScript, are supported on the

current document”

“used to query about the presence and accuracy of a pointing device such as a mouse”

“used to query the user’s ability to hover over elements on the page”

+ + API

DeviceLightEvent = ? lux

LightLevelEvent = dim | normal | bright

(Approximate levels of dim: < 50 lux, normal: 50 - 10000 lux, bright: > 10000 lux)

www.w3.org/TR/ambient-light/

Media query translation: washed

sallyjenkinson.co.uk/blog/2014/05/18/light-level-demo/

Invisible requirements

offlinefirst.org

Texas State Archives - https://www.flickr.com/photos/texasstatearchives/9079476324/in/set-72157634196756057, D-Tailor - http://d-tailor.deviantart.com/art/Howl-s-Moving-Castle-80916550

Responsive architecture

Kenny Stoltz -https://www.flickr.com/photos/42901313@N00/226740290/

Shelley Bernstein -https://www.flickr.com/photos/31484272@N00/7044075263/

http://www.gehealthcare.com/promo/advseries/

More than media queries

BUT Wait!

http://huffduffer.com/adactio/167838

3. BE responsive RESPONSIBLE

Narcissistic web design

RESPONSIBLE WEB DESIGN

“A Dark Pattern is a type of user interface that appears to have been carefully crafted

to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or

signing up for recurring bills.”

- darkpatterns.org

2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Three Laws of Robotics

Change is hard (but it’s also good)

http://clientsfromhell.net/post/68277799025/i-have-a-champagne-taste-on-a-beer-budget

“I have a champagne taste on a beer budget.”

- Clients From Hell, 2013

- Batman, 2005

“ It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me. ”

I Can Make - @icanmakehq

1. technology IS experiences

2. be more responsive

3. BE responsive RESPONSIBLE

Thank youSally Jenkinson

www.recordssoundthesame.com

sally@recordssoundthesame.com · @sjenkinson

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