What is UX? An Intro to User Experience Design

What is UX? An intro to User Experience (No, UX is not UI)

What is User Experience? How is it different from User Interface design? What if all buttons were now alpacas?
In this episode, we introduce the field of UX design and some of the basic principles you should know to design and develop great experiences.
We discuss the fundamentals of good UX: Usability, accessibility, desirability, findability, credibility, the importance of following established patterns...and when to break the rules.

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Resources

https://lawsofux.com/

https://theblog.adobe.com/15-rules-every-ux-designer-know/

https://uxplanet.org/golden-rules-of-user-interface-design-19282aeb06b

https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-experience.html

https://www.interaction-design.org/literature

Aesthetic usability effect: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/aesthetic-usability-effect/

Design thinking: https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays

Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/