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Usability Foundations

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Introduction

2:25 with Dan Gorgone

When we refer to the usability of a website or app, we're talking about how easy it is to use. By the end of this series, you should have a clear understanding of how usability factors into the design of any website or app.

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    People like to use things that are easy 0:00
    to understand, that work as expected, and deliver value. 0:02
    Over thousands of years, from the invention of 0:07
    the wheel, to the sites and apps that you 0:09
    have on your phone today, people have been 0:12
    trying to figure out ways to provide useful things. 0:14
    Usability on the web is not all that different from usability in real life. 0:19
    And in this series we'll discuss how you 0:23
    can produce usable site and apps of your own. 0:25
    Now for example, I've been told that this device 0:29
    will play our opening video, oh, man it's heavy. 0:32
    Alright now if I was a play video, button where would I be? 0:36
    I don't know, there's a lot of, there's a lot of hardware back here. 0:42
    Lots of language I don't understand. 0:46
    Wires that, [SOUND] I mean, kinda looks dangerous. 0:49
    I don't even wanne touch it. 0:51
    [SOUND] I mean, wouldn't it be simpler if you just had a button, say on an app? 0:52
    That played the video for you. 0:57
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    When we refer to the usability of a website or 1:04
    app, we're talking about how easy it is to use. 1:08
    Now this includes the various parts of the interface. 1:12
    Such as the buttons and links. 1:14
    As well as the organization of the content. 1:16
    And bringing it all together with menus 1:18
    and navigation that are clear and effective. 1:20
    In the end, the usability of whatever you're building has a direct 1:23
    correlation to the user's ability to get things done, and to be satisfied. 1:27
    The goals of this course are to define usability. 1:34
    And in addition explain how it compares and 1:37
    works along with user experience and user interface. 1:39
    We're also gonna pinpoint some common usability concerns for websites and 1:43
    apps, explain how new usability concerns have arisen on mobile devices. 1:47
    And we're gonna highlight some ways that you can improve the 1:54
    usability of your own designs through 1:55
    tools, frameworks, testing and other techniques. 1:59
    By the end of this series, you should have a clear understanding 2:04
    of how usability factors into the design of a website or app. 2:06
    And designing a usable experience for people means more 2:11
    than just getting them to click on a button. 2:14
    It's about providing positive interaction, building 2:17
    trust and allowing users to be successful. 2:20

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