Interactive Design, Including Web, App And Game
Overview
A poster is finished when it is printed. An interface is never finished in that sense, because it has to answer back. Somebody taps it, and it has to respond; somebody taps the wrong thing, and it has to help; somebody's connection drops halfway through, and it still has to make sense. Designing for a screen the user acts on means designing every one of those situations, not just the one where everything goes right.
This note covers user flows and information architecture, the states an element moves through, feedback and timing, touch targets and thumb reach, accessibility that is not optional, prototyping and testing with real people, and the way a good game teaches its own rules without a word of instruction. It is the most systematic area of study in this endorsement, and the one where testing beats taste most decisively.
Objectives
- Use interactive technology such as web-based, mobile and other personal devices, television and games to communicate with and engage audiences
- Use a range of interactive design materials, tools and techniques such as two- and three-dimensional graphics, digital applications and time-based media
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- Why do designers wireframe in grey before applying colour and typography? A) Grey printing is cheaper than colour B) Surface design can make a weak structure look plausible, so removing it exposes structural problems C) Clients cannot judge colour early in a project D) Grey wireframes load faster in a browser Answer: B
- Which state is most often missing from student app work and is the first thing a new user actually sees? A) The success state B) The pressed state C) The empty state D) The default state Answer: C
- In Donald Norman's vocabulary, a signifier is: A) What an object makes possible B) The clue that tells a user what an element can do C) A design that makes the wrong action impossible D) The relationship between a control and its effect Answer: B
- Roughly how many users does a usability test usually need before most serious problems have appeared? A) About 2 B) About 5 C) About 20 D) About 100 Answer: B
- Removing the focus outline from buttons is a serious fault because: A) It slows the page down B) Keyboard and assistive-technology users lose the only indication of where they are C) Touch targets become smaller D) It prevents the button from being pressed Answer: B
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