What is user experience?
It’s been a year since I started this blog. Maybe it’s time to answer the question “What is User Experience”, and finally explain what the UX in the Blog’s title refers to.
read moreUXBrighton 2010 Conference Review
This week I attended the UXBrighton conference, and was very impressed by the size and experience demonstrated by the Brighton UX community. The conference was an extension of the monthly
read moreWho are you?
I’m away for just over a week, and thought I’d fill the gap with something a little different. Although I generally try to write about user experience and usability in relation to games, Google analytics shows that the most popular posts are typically more general ‘how to’ guides, independent of platform. So, in the spirit…
read moreThe right environment for user testing
Most games testing, like the user experience testing done at Getting it wrong Common mistakes with user testing involve inaccurately representing the environment in which a product is to be used (poor “ecological validity”). This could include an unfair representation of the conditions in which the product would be used – for example testing a…
read moreUsability Issues in Sharepoint
Taking a short break from our normal topics of usability and user experience within games, this week i’ll be focusing on Intranets built with Microsoft Sharepoint. This post is in response to Jakob Nielsen’s update on Sharepoint, entitled Sharepoint isn’t perfect Having worked closely with Sharepoint for the last year, it’s obvious that the usability…
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