INTERACTIVE DESIGN Exercise 1&2&3
April 28, 2024 Week1 Exercise LI JINGBU/ 0367209 Interactive Design/ Bachelor of Design in Creative Media Lecture In this week's lesson, we learned about website usability. Usability refers to how effectively, efficiently, and successfully a particular user can utilise a product or design in a certain situation. It is a part of User Experience (UX) Design. It is the second level of UX Design A design’s usability depends on how well its features accommodate users’ needs and contexts. Key Principle of Usability 1. Consistency 2. Simplicity 3. Visibility 4. Feedback 5. Error Prevention 1. Consistency Consistency is key for these patterns to be recognized and learned by users. If similar-looking things do not produce a similar output, the user is bound to become frustrated. For example, if a website’s buttons are protruding boxes with labels on them, then all of the website’s buttons should look like that. Similarly, if a backward arrow denotes the back button, then it should not be c...