Microinteractions

It s the little things that turn a good digital product into a great one With this practical book, you ll learn how to design effective microinteractions the small details that exist inside and around features How can users change a setting How do they turn on mute, or know they have a new email message Through vivid, real world examples from today s devices and applications, author Dan Saffer walks you through a microinteraction s essential parts, then shows you how to use them in a mobile app, a web widget, and an appliance You ll quickly discover how microinteractions can change a product from one that s tolerated into one that s treasured.Explore a microinteraction s structure triggers, rules, feedback, modes, and loopsLearn the types of triggers that initiate a microinteractionCreate simple rules that define how your microinteraction can be usedHelp users understand the rules with feedback, using graphics, sounds, and vibrationsUse modes to let users set preferences or modify a microinteractionExtend a microinteraction s life with loops, such as Get data every 30 seconds Best Read Books Microinteractions author Dan Saffer – kino-fada.fr This is definitely going on my recommend to all my developers list It is a book that they should all read As should all in UX or technical communication.In fact, this book is going to achieve the same fame for me as The Inmates are running the asylum With Inmates, I run around shouting apologist to anyone who takes a shortcut and dumps a guilt trip on the user, claiming that the software is always right Now, I will do something similar with this book I will start to see microinteraction This is definitely going on my recommend to all my developers list It is a book that they should all read As should all in UX or technical communication.In fact, this book is going to achieve the same fame for me as The Inmates are running the asylum With Inmates, I run around shouting apologist to anyone who takes a shortcut and dumps a guilt trip on t...Microinteractions is a great example of how to write a book It takes a topic, focuses on the topic and doesn t try to cover knowledge outside of its scope.To get value out of microinteractions you must first agree with the premise microinteractions are not features, they are a contained product moment that revolves around a single use case a t...This book is full of common sense advice Be brief Be consistent Keep things simple Yawn frequently That last one was my reaction, not actual advice from the book A refrain repeated throughout the book is don t start from zero Microinteractions are about using the bits of information you already have about users to provide apersonalized interaction, such as using a device s location and a weather API to customize entertainment search results based on local weather.Saffer also repe This book is full...It s very reassuring to know that most recently in the past few years, I ve been payingattention to the lesser glamorous portions of my job, designing and improving interactions and designs little by little UX becomes aware to me all the time, whether it s how my alarm clock works or how we can improve this review form I m currently typing in right now.I enjoyed the large range of screenshots and footnotes for further reading One of my favorite things is the portion about Loops and Modes It s very reassuring to know that most recently in the past few years, I ve been payingattention to the lesser glamorous portions of my job, designing and improving interactio...Microinteractions is one of my favourite type of design books one that avoids the extremes of dogma and fuzzy platitudes to find a practical middle ground There s no hard and fast rules for designing the little mini interactions that we deal with each day, like volume controls or star ratings But there are best practices, and doing it wrong can lead to worse consequences than just annoying a few customers.Saffer provides a process you can use to make sure you ve thought of everything, backed Microinteractions is one of...It s a fantastic book filled with rich examples of craftsmanship in product and interaction design He establishes a lexicon and process around which one can define such details in product design Still, it hits a level of marketing gimmick in its existence, a need to coin a term that does not need to be coined Craftsmanship is craftsmanship Recommended reading for all designers, and probably of greater value to those starting out in the field I can see it providing most value to peop...I consider this a 102 level book about interaction design It s not a 101 level introduction It s also not as advanced as I thought it would be What I appreciate most from the book is the many examples the author uses to illustrate effective and ineffective micro interactions I dog eared many examp...I think this is one of the best books written on interaction design.This book is about fundamentals of good user experience design, especially micro interaction A core thing of success product.Good for understanding UX design and terms used to build function into web apps.

• English
• 13 October 2018
Dan Saffer
• Paperback
• 170 pages
• 144934268X
• Dan Saffer
• Microinteractions