Smashing UX Design: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences - Brossura

Allen, Jesmond; Chudley, James

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ISBN 10: 0470666854 ISBN 13: 9780470666852

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2012

Riassunto

The ultimate guide to UX from the world’s most popular resource for web designers and developers

Smashing Magazine is the world's most popular resource for web designers and developers and with this book the authors provide the ideal resource for mastering User Experience Design (UX).

The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques for your web projects.

The authors share their top tips from their collective 30 years of working in UX including:

• Guides to when and how to use the most appropriate UX research and design techniques such as usability testing, prototyping, wire framing, sketching, information architecture & running workshops
• How to plan UX projects to suit different budgets, time constraints and business objectives
• Case studies from real UX projects that explain how particular techniques were used to achieve the client's goals
• Checklists to help you choose the right UX tools and techniques for the job in hand
• Typical user and business requirements to consider when designing business critical pages such as homepages, forms, product pages and mobile interfaces as well as explanations of key things to consider when designing for mobile, internationalization and behavioural change.

Smashing UX Design is the complete UX reference manual. Treat it as the UX expert on your bookshelf that you can read from cover-to-cover, or to dip into as the need arises, regardless of whether you have 'UX' in your job title or not.

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Informazioni sugli autori

James Chudley is a User Experience Directors at cxpartners, a user experience consultancy based in Bristol, UK.
Jesmond Allen is a User Experience Directors at cxpartners, a user experience consultancy based in Bristol, UK.

James Chudley and Jesmond Allen are User Experience Directors at cxpartners, a user experience consultancy based in Bristol, UK. Between them, they have more than 30 years experience of designing and evaluating digital products for clients who represent the best of the web.

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Everything You Need to Plan, Research, and Design Great User Experiences

UX design is one of the hottest growth areas on the web. The demand for good UX practitioners has never been greater. A great user experience is now recognized as a fundamental quality of successful digital products. So how do you design great user experiences if you don t have a UX expert on hand to help you? What are the key tools and techniques every UX specialist should have at their disposal?

Smashing UX Design is a practical reference manual for UXers, designers, developers, and product managers to refer to as the UX expert on their bookshelf.

Written by two of the UK s foremost UX practitioners, Smashing UX Design provides you with a solid foundation in UX principles and practices. It includes ready-to-use tools and techniques for designing commercially successful digital products. You will learn how to satisfy users needs, meet their expectations and beyond. It covers all the bases, including:

• Understanding User-Centered Design
• Planning UX Projects and Evaluating UX Designs
• Understanding User and Business Needs
• Conducting Usability Testing, Requirements Workshops, Contextual Research, and More
• Learning UX Design Tools and Techniques
• Task Modeling, Information Architecture, Site Maps, Wireframes, and More
• Design Recipes for Great UX Components such as Homepages and Product Pages

Smashing UX Design provides web designers and developers with all the tools, techniques, and practical, hands-on guidance they need to make their lives easier.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470666854
• ISBN 13: 9780470666852
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 416
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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