30 UX Statistics You Should Not Ignore! [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Frank Spillers

on March 18, 2015 - 1:22pm
30 UX Statistics You Should Not Ignore

Here's a new infographic hot off the Experience Dynamics press, highlighting the importance of Mobile UX, user switching behavior, the cross-channel experience, mobile shopping, video, mobile search, content (blogs, email), app performance and UX measurement. We created this to kick-off the launch of a new service aimed at helping you take the ROI of UX to the bank. Learn more here: www.uxmeasure.com 

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UX Power Up: Task Magnifier

By Frank Spillers

on September 10, 2013 - 1:50pm

Task oriented design is a powerful approach. Designing around the most important task on a page helps magnify a users attention to that key area of the screen. What does that look like for your site or app?

In this week's UX Power Up, Frank walks us through the single biggest technique of Task oriented design and how it impacts usability. We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below! 

Transcript of video above...

Task Magnifier

Frank Spillers, founder of Experience Dynamics.  It’s time for this week’s UX Power Up. Today, we’re looking at the topic of tasks and we’re going to explore a technique called the Task Magnifier.

One of the common approaches that user experience professionals take when they design a website or web application or product - is to focus on the user's task. So, the task magnifier is a way for you to do that on a page.  I’m going to show you two examples, one bad and one good, of how the task magnifier works.

"Feature frenzy"- 10 tips to getting feature creep under control

By Frank Spillers

on February 2, 2007 - 2:50pm
Feature frenzy on a mobile device
Summary: Feature creep as a business and development model has outlived it's usefulness with numerous examples in the graveyard of software history. Task-oriented designs containing task-oriented features make users feel more successful. Remember how you deploy features in an application must be guided by real world understanding of users and their tasks. Without task validation and prioritization, you can easily fall into "feature frenzy".

Why the (feature) frenzy?

Historically, marketing says "software sells with more features" (or perceived features). There is a psychology (especially true in the United States) that the more you get when you buy something, the better the purchase decision.

Unfortunately, added 'bells and whistles' might feel like a better deal, but can turn into a nightmare when you (or your user) sit down with the software and use it.