User Experience

<!–:en–>WUD 2012: The Usability of Financial Systems<!–:–><!–:zh–>WUD 2012: The Usability of Financial Systems<!–:–><!–:KO–>WUD 2012: The Usability of Financial Systems<!–:–><!–:pt–>WUD 2012: A usabilidade de sistemas financeiros<!–:–><!–:ja–>WUD 2012: The Usability of Financial Systems<!–:–><!–:es–>WUD 2012: la Usabilidad de los Sistemas Financieros<!–:–>World Usability Day 2012, to be held on November 8, is focused on the usability of financial systems—a topic that affects everyone, all around t […]

Integrating UX Design into Agile Software Development UX asked Jeff Gothelf to share his thoughts about leadership in incorporating UX design into Agile software development. Here, in edited form, is […]

The Magic of Mobile Money IdentificationHave you ever wondered how blind people identify U.S. bills without help? Most people never give it a thought, but people like bank tellers and […]

The Fate of a Digital Slate As many UX professionals know, unexpected issues seen in the context of actual deployment can trump an initial rosy impression about the usability […]

Home Front Help According to The National Alliance for Caregiving report, “Caregivers of Veterans –Serving on the Homefront,” the severe nature of veter […]

A Call For Help Responding to natural and man-made disasters, humanitarian aid agencies provide needed resources: food, clothing, blankets, and shelter. But when […]

Mobile Data Collection Arguably, the most important component of field research is gathering accurate, representative, and useful data. Without good data there is no […]

The Money Machine Baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) now constitute 40 percent of the U.S. population, controlling 67 percent of the nation’s w […]

<!–:en–>Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion in India<!–:–><!–:zh–>面向印度金融包容性的移动货币<!–:–><!–:KO–>인도 내 금융 소외 해소를 위한 모바일 머니<!–:–><!–:pt–>Dinheiro móvel para inclusão financeira na Índia<!–:–><!–:ja–>インドの金融包摂に向けたモバイルマネー<!–:–><!–:es–>Dinero Móvil para la Inclusión Financiera en La India<!–:–>Since independence in 1947, India has made great strides in socio-economic progress. Today, India is the world’s ninth largest economy by GDP a […]

<!–:en–>Where to Begin Work in Mobile UX: Digesting the Expert Advice<!–:–><!–:zh–>移动用户体验应从何处着手<!–:–><!–:KO–>모바일 UX 작업이 시작하는 곳<!–:–><!–:pt–>Por onde começar a trabalhar com a experiência do usuário móvel: digerindo o conselho de um especialista<!–:–><!–:ja–>どこから始まる？モバイルUXでの取り組み<!–:–><!–:es–>Dónde Empezar a Trabajar en UX Móvil: Digiriendo el Consejo de los Expertos<!–:–>The rise of smartphones and tablets has changed the world in a way similar to the PC back in the 1980s. In 2011 there were 4 billion mobile ph […]

<!–:en–>It’s Finally Here! A Book about User Experience Management (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:zh–>It’s Finally Here! A Book about User Experience Management (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:KO–>It’s Finally Here! A Book about User Experience Management (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:pt–>Finalmente chegou! Um livro sobre o gerenciamento da experiência do usuário (Crítica do livro)<!–:–><!–:ja–>It’s Finally Here! A Book about User Experience Management (Book Review)<!–:–><!–:es–>Por fin ha llegado. Un libro sobre la Gestión de la Experiencia de Usuario) (Reseña)<!–:–> A review of User Experience Management: Essential Skills for Leading Effective UX Teams By Arnie Lund Morgan Kaufmann, 2011 As the user experience […]

Editor's Note: The World is Mobile “The world is mobile,” as Lucas Espinosa Menendez (known as Lucas Wxyz on the Web) so aptly states in the opening line of his article on mob […]

<!–:en–>Rubes Cartoons: On Layoffs<!–:–><!–:zh–>Rubes Cartoons: On Layoffs<!–:–><!–:KO–>Rubes Cartoons: On Layoffs<!–:–><!–:pt–>Cartoon do Rubes: Sobre demissões<!–:–><!–:ja–>Rubes Cartoons: On Layoffs<!–:–><!–:es–>Dibujos e Historietas de Rubes: Sobre Despidos<!–:–> Read more Rubes cartoons or download the new daily Rubes app at  rubescartoons.com (c) 2010, Leigh Rubin, Syndicated […]

Motivating Users: How to Integrate Persuasion into Design Our brains are complex decision making engines, charged with the difficult task of processing the world around us. In order to remain efficient […]

<!–:en–>Editor's Note: Behind the Scenes<!–:–><!–:zh–>编者按: 幕后<!–:–><!–:KO–>편집 후기: 뒷 이야기<!–:–><!–:pt–>Nota do editor: por trás da cena<!–:–><!–:ja–>Editor's Note: Behind the Scenes<!–:–><!–:es–>Nota del Editor: Entre Bambalinas<!–:–>This ground-breaking issue of UX is interesting for many reasons, not least of which is the deployment of one of our editorial staff members as a […]

Contradictions and Implications: Making Sense of Apparently Irrational Behavior Sometimes people make up their minds about certain aspects of technology when they hear about or see it, before they physically interact with it. […]

Let’s Get Physical: UX Outside of Electronic Spaces Have you ever been baffled by a trash bin, frazzled by a restroom faucet, or juggled an armful of clothing in a small dressing room? You might […]

Total Recall: The Consequence of Ignoring Medical Device Usability A nervous thirteen-year-old girl sat in a pre-operative room. As she spoke with the anesthesiologist about the impending knee surgery, a nurse […]

TV or Not TV: Designing a Motion-Based Pointing Remote Control The television has evolved substantially since it was introduced more than half a century ago: black and white to color, analog to digital, CRT […]

The Perfect Report: How to Write It So that People Want to Read It What is the typical reaction to your research reports? “Wow, thanks for sending that report. Those findings are really important and now we know w […]