(much about your interface)
Likely most developers spend some amount of time concerning themselves with the time it takes a page or view to load in the browser. But what about the time it takes the the interface to "load" in the user's brain? It's apparent too long a delay for the necessary elements to load on the page results in a higher bail rate, however the task of delivering the content is not complete until the user can make sense of it.
Looking at the big picture
- Site design
- UX superset (use of car), UI subset (steering wheel, pedals, shifter) http://www.kickerstudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ux.jpg (UI == Human Computer Interaction)
- Pages/Views relationship diagram
- Getting from A to B
- Load -> Present (Persuade or provide tools) -> Call to Action(s)
- Cognitive Load <- main topic
- Page/View Components
- Site ID (wide angle)
- Page Title (medium)
- Primary content/functions (close-up)
- Navigation
- Grouping
- Consistency
- Grammatical type (nouns, verbs, phrases)
- Narrative (first person, second person)
- Priority (left/right, top/bottom, emphasis)
- Scan-ability (structured text, spacing, proximity)
- Meaningful Icons (learning types, recollection on return)
- Color Coding (distance grouping)
- Pre-process information, my 1 hour can save others many hours scratching their heads
- Increase persistence, retention
- Increase # desired responses
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-101-introduction-to-usability/
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/
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