HW #7 – Article 4

Article title:

10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design

Link: http://mashable.com/2009/01/09/user-experience-design/?cp=2

Inspired by my last post, I want to follow up with the term "user experience design", and this article is the most interesting one that I found. The author is Whitney Hess, who is a New York based independent user experience consultant. She recorded some of the most influential and highly respected professionals in UX field and cleverly compiled them to create the "10-most" things that she thought UX design is not. The list is as follow:User experience design is 1. not user interface design 2. not a step in the process 3. not about technology 4. not just about usability 5. not just about the user 6. not expensive 7. not easy 8. not the role of one person or department 9. not a single discipline 10. not a choice.

Commentary

I think the article is great because the content was cleverly arranged, so that you can gradually understand what the user experience design is. And the quotations could drive you to think about the process of user experience design. I like how she described her job — user experience design is to make stuff easy and pleasurable to use. Don't you think that is the key to any website's success. An easy and pleasurable experience can definitely draw more users to return to the website.

I also want to recommend Whitney Hess's blog: Pleasure & Pain

P. S.: Comments on the style, the structure, anything you do not like about the blog are welcomed and thank you!