https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-1356144 Fri, 03 Mar 2023 08:59:45 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-1356144 […] with a client, the book Don’t Make Me Think was mentioned. Though I haven’t read it, I’m aware of its topic: usability. The underlying premise also is familiar: make interfaces that use […]

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-1354341 Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:49:49 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-1354341 […] with a client, the book Don’t Make Me Think was mentioned. Though I haven’t read it, I’m aware of its topic: usability. The underlying premise also is familiar: make interfaces that use […]

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-72721 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:17:41 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-72721 […] Clark Quinn regularly stresses the need to pay attention to how people work (and to try using what people have learned in the […]

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-72628 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:48:14 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-72628 […] Clark Quinn shared a great example of design at work the other day in Usability and Learnability. […]

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-72597 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:12:41 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-72597 Your comment about collecting data on what users will actually USE instead of just what they say they want reminds me of one year when students were asked to check off on a survey which time periods they would take classes in. The faculty was shocked that 60% said they would take early morning classes. The next semester, my early morning class (a required course) along with 4 other teachers in our department, were canceled due to low enrollment. The lesson: look at how something is used, not what people say they want.

]]> https://blog.learnlets.com/2009/01/usability-and-learnability/#comment-72567 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:17:55 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=675#comment-72567 Thanks for the heads up on the new Palm. Good to know I can look forward to reduced iPhone envy. Good point on talking to more than just the SME! We should be more aggressive about gaining a better understanding via multiple points of view.

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