Thursday, June 13, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Unit 9 Reading
Designing a Mobile App? Don't make these 10 mistakes
When creating an application on either a tablet or android as a designer you don't want to begin wireframes or designs without a Flowmap. Having a Flowmap would help with creating understandable and easy to follow designs because the flowmap will keep everything in mind. Second is don't disregard the budget. When designing an application as a designer, you don't want to copy styles from other operating systems. Not all operating systems are able to work with each other. This being said it isn't a good idea to copy the styles from different operating systems.
http://www.geek.com/smartphone-buyers-guide/operating-system/
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-the-different-types-of-mobile-phone-operating-systems.htm
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417059,00.asp
When creating an application on either a tablet or android as a designer you don't want to begin wireframes or designs without a Flowmap. Having a Flowmap would help with creating understandable and easy to follow designs because the flowmap will keep everything in mind. Second is don't disregard the budget. When designing an application as a designer, you don't want to copy styles from other operating systems. Not all operating systems are able to work with each other. This being said it isn't a good idea to copy the styles from different operating systems.
http://www.geek.com/smartphone-buyers-guide/operating-system/
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-the-different-types-of-mobile-phone-operating-systems.htm
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417059,00.asp
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Unit 8 Reading
Chapter 10: Usability as common courtesy
Idiosyncratic: Some people have a very large reservoir, while some people have a some one. Some people out there have more patients than others, are more interested in nature, others have it much easier to trust someone. What this all means is that you can't expect everyone to have the same type of reservoir.
Situational: If someone is in a hurry on a website and had a bad experience on a website, when they enter your website they may still feel the same.
Refill it: We have all made mistakes in life and in a website you can make someone feel good by doing things that make them feel like you are looking out for them for their best interest.
Single mistakes equals empty: If their are too much information in a certain area this could make someone feel overwhelmed and just leave.
There are some things you don't want to show someone that is using your website, these items include customer support phone numbers, shipping rates and prices. These are hidden from the customer because it keeps them from calling and each call costs money. You don't want to punish the customer on your website by having them think about formatting their data. This can be done by having them to put in dashes for a Social Security number or having to place spaces for the credit card number.
There are ways to increase the goodwill. You want to know the main things that people want to do on a website and make them obvious and easy. Tell them what they want to know, save them steps, know what questions they are most likely to have and answer them, and when you need to apologize to them.
http://www.usereffect.com/topic/25-point-website-usability-checklist
http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/website-usability-tips/
Chapter 11: Accessibility, Cascading Style Sheets, and you
Designers and developers both fear more work and compromised design. They fear work because for developers, accessibility can seem like just more complications. Developers see this as being more work because it means more time consuming reports, reviews and task force meetings.
Compromised design is for mainly designers. They refer this as being buttered cats, places where good design for people with disabilities and good design for everyone else. Designers are worried that they will be forced to design boring sites that are less appealing for the majority of the audience.
Five things you can do right now are fix the usability problems, read an article, read a book, start using Cascading Style Sheets and go for low hanging fruit.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/testing-web-accessibility.shtml
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
Idiosyncratic: Some people have a very large reservoir, while some people have a some one. Some people out there have more patients than others, are more interested in nature, others have it much easier to trust someone. What this all means is that you can't expect everyone to have the same type of reservoir.
Situational: If someone is in a hurry on a website and had a bad experience on a website, when they enter your website they may still feel the same.
Refill it: We have all made mistakes in life and in a website you can make someone feel good by doing things that make them feel like you are looking out for them for their best interest.
Single mistakes equals empty: If their are too much information in a certain area this could make someone feel overwhelmed and just leave.
There are some things you don't want to show someone that is using your website, these items include customer support phone numbers, shipping rates and prices. These are hidden from the customer because it keeps them from calling and each call costs money. You don't want to punish the customer on your website by having them think about formatting their data. This can be done by having them to put in dashes for a Social Security number or having to place spaces for the credit card number.
There are ways to increase the goodwill. You want to know the main things that people want to do on a website and make them obvious and easy. Tell them what they want to know, save them steps, know what questions they are most likely to have and answer them, and when you need to apologize to them.
http://www.usereffect.com/topic/25-point-website-usability-checklist
http://mashable.com/2011/09/12/website-usability-tips/
Chapter 11: Accessibility, Cascading Style Sheets, and you
Designers and developers both fear more work and compromised design. They fear work because for developers, accessibility can seem like just more complications. Developers see this as being more work because it means more time consuming reports, reviews and task force meetings.
Compromised design is for mainly designers. They refer this as being buttered cats, places where good design for people with disabilities and good design for everyone else. Designers are worried that they will be forced to design boring sites that are less appealing for the majority of the audience.
Five things you can do right now are fix the usability problems, read an article, read a book, start using Cascading Style Sheets and go for low hanging fruit.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/testing-web-accessibility.shtml
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Sketches of Smartphone Application Layout
Sketches for smartphone application showing different layouts from what the log in page could look like to what the compare prices screen can look like.
Smartphone Personas
Adam is a very independent person in life, he doesn't like asking for help. He likes the challenge in solving how to fix something and finding the best solution to fix it. Adam was working in the garage and accidentally hit his mirror on his old 1949 Five Window Ford.
Adam is looking for an application for his Android that allows him to search the nearby part shops to see whether or not they have the part he needs without having to travel there and finding out they don't. He hates going to a shop and finding out they don't have the part, he feels that he just wasted time. He wants a simple application that also tells the prices of other part shops so he can find the cheapest place.
Sara is a independent person but when it comes to anything with cars she relies on her boyfriend to help her. Sara wants to find an application that allows her to find parts for her worn out Toyota.
She would like this application to be easy to use and for her to see if the part she needs is carried by the surrounding part shops. Sara wants to find this kind of application so she doesn't have to keep asking Charlie for help. She would like to learn about cars more and feels this application could help her.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Concept Statement Project
Create a list of all users that may visit your site (not from the WWW but those you'd invite).
Users that will visit my site would be clients that want to view what I have created for other clients in the field.
What will each of those users want to see in order to enjoy their visit to your site?
Users will enjoy the cleanness of the website throughout the site.
Name your intended audience (the person(s) you need to persuade.)
My intended audience would be future employees, and clients I am currently working with.
Describe what you need to inform and persuade them of:
Goals of the site are:
Goals from the website are to show my portfolio to clients in the field. Other goals of the site are to show what I can do.
My ultimate message/ philosophy (about who you are):
Ultimate message is to show who I am as a person and to show what I can create not only on paper but also from my mind.
What is the story you are telling?
The story I am telling is the process my mind works in creating the work that I am able to create for myself and for clients.
What projects which do not exist yet will you want to show?
Projects I will show on the website will be examples of what I have created in school, clients, as well as creations I have created over the last few years.
What categories will you depict in your mockup? - even if you don't have examples of them.
Write a 200 word concept statement based on the user, your persuasion, navigation and the assets.
Concept Statement:
"A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense." Welcome to the website, upon the first glance at looking at the website you should feel that you are on a expedition to find something. After viewing the layout and content on the page you should feel that you are looking at a graphic designers website. I want to prepare the clients what their project can look like by looking at other creations.
The biggest asset of the website will be the typography, and having photos to show what creations have been designed. The navigation of the website will be simple and easy to use. Main navigation being buttons on the top of the page. Throughout the website I don't want clienteles to feel lost or to have any problems moving from one page to another.
Users that will visit my site would be clients that want to view what I have created for other clients in the field.
What will each of those users want to see in order to enjoy their visit to your site?
Users will enjoy the cleanness of the website throughout the site.
Name your intended audience (the person(s) you need to persuade.)
My intended audience would be future employees, and clients I am currently working with.
Describe what you need to inform and persuade them of:
Promote my:
Artwork from school or personal artwork I have created over the years.
Artwork from school or personal artwork I have created over the years.
Goals of the site are:
Goals from the website are to show my portfolio to clients in the field. Other goals of the site are to show what I can do.
My ultimate message/ philosophy (about who you are):
Ultimate message is to show who I am as a person and to show what I can create not only on paper but also from my mind.
What is the story you are telling?
The story I am telling is the process my mind works in creating the work that I am able to create for myself and for clients.
What projects which do not exist yet will you want to show?
Projects I will show on the website will be examples of what I have created in school, clients, as well as creations I have created over the last few years.
What categories will you depict in your mockup? - even if you don't have examples of them.
Write a 200 word concept statement based on the user, your persuasion, navigation and the assets.
Concept Statement:
"A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense." Welcome to the website, upon the first glance at looking at the website you should feel that you are on a expedition to find something. After viewing the layout and content on the page you should feel that you are looking at a graphic designers website. I want to prepare the clients what their project can look like by looking at other creations.
The biggest asset of the website will be the typography, and having photos to show what creations have been designed. The navigation of the website will be simple and easy to use. Main navigation being buttons on the top of the page. Throughout the website I don't want clienteles to feel lost or to have any problems moving from one page to another.
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