What is chunking?
Technique to help process data faster and easily remember it by breaking data into smaller groups.
What are the benefits of using chunking?
- Assists short-term memory
- Aides scanability
- Aides comprehension
- Large data sets appear smaller
What are the benefits of using alignment?
- Makes interfaces more orderly
- Aides comprehension
- Makes interfaces more perceivable
- Leads users through the interface
- Helps prevent errors
What is the best alignment for form labels?
Top aligned labels
What is a difficulty in using side aligned form labels?
Makes more work for the users scanning left and right.
What are difficulties in using labels inside form fields?
- Difficult for users to check their work if the label disappears
- Difficult for users to correct work
- Requires more mental effort to make sense and edit a pre-filled form
What 3 things does a good CTA tell the user?
- What they should do
- Why the should do it
- What happens after
What 4 things does visual hierarchy do?
- Uses color contrast and size
- Prioritizes most important information
- Prioritizes most common actions
- Leads user through the design
What are progress indicators?
Indicates how much progress have been made in a process.
What 2 principles should progress indicators adhere to?
- Make the steps look sequential
- Make it clear which steps have been complete vs yet to be finished
What 4 things do progress indicators do?
- Tell users what they have done
- Tell them what they need to do
- Indicate time and effort required
- Aide predictability
What is a digital affordance?
Helps users understand how your product is operated.
What 4 things does a digital affordance do?
- Make interfaces perceivable
- Make features discoverable
- Make actions obvious
- Must use natural qualities
What is a pattern library?
Collections of desktop and mobile screenshots.
What should you be wary about with pattern libraries?
- Screenshots are skin deep, must download and try them
- Everybody is solving a different problem, don’t copy patterns blindly
- Need to craft your own solutions
In what 3 ways should help be available on your site?
- Available but not intrusive
- On the interface rather than tooltips
- Contextual help when needed works well
What is inline validation?
Tells the users how they are doing it as they complete a form.
When should inline validation NOT be activated?
Validation should not occur before the input is given or before the user has left the field.
What 3 things should you do when error handling?
- Tell users clearly where the error occurred
- Tell the user what went wrong
- Tell the user what they need to do to fix the problem.
