What is the technique that helps us process data faster and remember it more easily allowing for fewer mistakes? Hint:
- Aides short term memory
- Aides scan-ability
- Aides comprehension
Chunking
Fill in the blank: Objects that are BLANK, that are symmetrical, appear more orderly and are easier to comprehend.
Aligned
True or False? Top aligned labels help reduce work for users.
True
True or False? Side alignment is more work because users have to scan from left to right.
True
Fill in the blank: Placeholders should BLANK once you start typing.
Disappear
What is the name of an interactive button for both web and mobile who’s major aim is to induce people to take certain actions that present a conversion for a particular page or screen, for example, purchase, pay now, subscribe etc?
Call to Action
What indicates to users which elements on a screen are most important and which should be considered first?
HINT:
- Uses color contrast and size
- Prioritizes most important info first
- Prioritizes most common actions
Visual Hierarchy
What indicates how much progress a user has made through the process?
HINT:
- Tells users what they have done
- What they need to do
- Indicates time and effort required
- Aides predictability
Progress Indicators
What helps people understand how your product is operated?
HINT:
- Makes interface more perceivable
- Makes features discoverable
- Makes actions obvious
- Must use natural qualities
Digital Affordances
What is a reusable solution to a problem that often occurs in UX and interaction design?
Pattern
What is a collection of interactions and UX patterns called?
HINT:
- Helps identify conventions
- Good starting point
- Investigation and analysis required
- Design required
Pattern Libraries
Buttons that can be pressed which offer help to users are also known as what?
Tooltips
Rather than have tooltips, what should you put below the instruction?
Ex:
Create password
Must be 8 letters with 1 numerical and 1 special character
Help
True or False? Putting help text right on the interface is important for complex tasks such as setting up automated form responses.
True
Fill in the blanks below:
- Help is BLANK but not intrusive.
- Help is on the BLANK rather than tooltips
- BLANK also works well
- Available
- Interface
- Contextual
What is the name of the technique that tells users how they are doing as they complete a form?
HINT:
- Reduces errors and increases speed
- Increases satisfaction
- Not easy to implement and needs to be tested rigorously
Inline Validation
Removing the pain from problem experiences is critical because if a user encounters a problem, they are probably already frustrated. So problems are where the interface manifests — where users actively think about the experience. If it’s poor, users will judge the system harshly. What is this known as?
HINT:
- Makes problems clear and makes it clear where the problem occurred.
- Explains how to resolve the problem to move forward with the task.
Error Handling
