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