UX for Beginners: 100 Short Lessons to Get You Started
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- Author：Joel Marsh
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Summary
In today s digital world， any product， app， or website requires a professional User Experience （UX） designer to ensure success。 With this book， new UX designers will learn the practical skills they need to get started in the field， skills that can be immediately applied to real-world UX projects。 "UX for Beginners" is broken into one hundred short， illustrated lessons， a user-friendly approach that makes learning fun and gives you the foundation you need to succeed as a UX designer。 This book is based on the popular UX Crash Course blog at The Hipper Element， which has more than 400，000 readers。"
Reviews
Lynnette Dinh
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A great option if you're looking for a quick read that covers all the User Experience design basics。 “If users don’t know， users don’t care。 And sometimes even when they do know， they don’t care！” A great option if you're looking for a quick read that covers all the User Experience design basics。 “If users don’t know， users don’t care。 And sometimes even when they do know， they don’t care！” 。。。more
Adriana
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Excelente libro para adentrarse en el UX。 La información está súper bien explicada， dosificada y con muy buen humor para no aburrirse。 Ampliamente recomendado si lo que deseas es conocer diversos básicos de este mundo。
crankmuffin
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This is a hilarious introduction to UX that keeps you entertained， and yet hits all the major aspects of work in the profession。 Never before has a “technical book” made me want to reach to social media to share snippets and quotes with people who don’t know or care about technical stuff。 And sharing & explaining leads to learning， so this book achieves everything it set out to do。
Jaroslav Hůna
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Highly inspiring。 Extremely useful。In a nut shell: Don't guess。 Use science。 Highly inspiring。 Extremely useful。In a nut shell: Don't guess。 Use science。 。。。more
Melvyn
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Picked up this book out of pure curiosity。 I’ve been interested in the world of User Experience and Research lately and wanted an overview of the field other than just YouTube videos or blog posts。 Turns out this book was actually based off of a blog。。It does a great job at showing all various sides of UX without going into any tedious details。 Some parts made me crave for more and others just made me glad I had a summary of the subject。All in all， this book does exactly what it intended to do， Picked up this book out of pure curiosity。 I’ve been interested in the world of User Experience and Research lately and wanted an overview of the field other than just YouTube videos or blog posts。 Turns out this book was actually based off of a blog。。It does a great job at showing all various sides of UX without going into any tedious details。 Some parts made me crave for more and others just made me glad I had a summary of the subject。All in all， this book does exactly what it intended to do， which was give a basic outline of the rising field of UX for anybody who is curious。And the cover didn’t lie， there are indeed rubber ducks in the book。 。。。more
Akshatha
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Though it's a book for beginners， it acts like a great refresher for even an experienced designer！ While I never thought I would come across a funny UX book， this one had me pleasantly surprised。！ Such a fun and quick read that touches upon some great tips and tricks in the field。 Though it's a book for beginners， it acts like a great refresher for even an experienced designer！ While I never thought I would come across a funny UX book， this one had me pleasantly surprised。！ Such a fun and quick read that touches upon some great tips and tricks in the field。 。。。more
Kara
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A great introduction to the world of user experience that is broken down into 100 practical lessons that are divided by topic / area。
Sana Shaikh
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It's just an elaborate table of contents， nothing much。 It's just an elaborate table of contents， nothing much。 。。。more
Něžná
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i had fun
Jordan
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v general knowledge and the "humor" in this book is very cringe v general knowledge and the "humor" in this book is very cringe 。。。more
Mahmoud A。 Rabo
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Amazing book for beginners in user experience 👌
Maryam Al-tamawi
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Great and fun introduction to ux
Daniela Guzun
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Fun and informative book。 Some lessons were new， some were a good reminder。 A very good and entertaining read。
Aaron
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Easy read for budding UX designers。 Some of the references are funny and cringe-y at times。 Good refresh for basic concepts in UX
Vikas
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Great book for a coder。 UX is eye opening really。 Most of it is phycology than colours and curves。 Have to keep this book handy to refresh the checklist for almost every project and feature。
Elizabeth Dorfman
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fine。 the kind of book where you'd learn something different every time you read it depending on where you are in your ux career fine。 the kind of book where you'd learn something different every time you read it depending on where you are in your ux career 。。。more
Mai
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Very Good book for beginners in UX Design ，It covers all the basic and fundamental concepts in UX based on psychology，research and the author's real experience in that Field 。I loved that it was fun and easy to read and digest 。I enjoy that this book breaks down the info into small lessons so you won't get overwhelmed reading it and the jokes in the book will keep you entertained。Highly recommend it for all aspiring UXers :） Very Good book for beginners in UX Design ，It covers all the basic and fundamental concepts in UX based on psychology，research and the author's real experience in that Field 。I loved that it was fun and easy to read and digest 。I enjoy that this book breaks down the info into small lessons so you won't get overwhelmed reading it and the jokes in the book will keep you entertained。Highly recommend it for all aspiring UXers :） 。。。more
Ihsan Mani
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I enjoyed reading this book。 It was an easy read。 Concepts were clearly explained。
Zumrud Huseynova
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Intuitive， schmintuitive。 Normal is relative。User Experience design is a process， and these lessons roughly follow that process， but you should always keep these five things in mind: Psychology， Usability， Design， Copywriting， and Analysis。A good design communicates three things:What is this？What is the benefit for the user？What should they do next？Ask yourself:-What is the user’s motivation to be here in the first place？-How does this make them feel？-How much work does the user have to do to ge Intuitive， schmintuitive。 Normal is relative。User Experience design is a process， and these lessons roughly follow that process， but you should always keep these five things in mind: Psychology， Usability， Design， Copywriting， and Analysis。A good design communicates three things:What is this？What is the benefit for the user？What should they do next？Ask yourself:-What is the user’s motivation to be here in the first place？-How does this make them feel？-How much work does the user have to do to get what they want？-What habits are created if they do this over and over？-What do they expect when they click this？-Are you assuming they know something that they haven’t learned yet？-Is this something they want to do again？ Why？ How often？-Are you thinking of the user’s wants and needs， or your own？-How are you rewarding good behavior？Ask yourself:-Could you get the job done with less input from the user？-Are there any user mistakes you could prevent？ （Hint: Yes， there are。）-Are you being clear and direct， or is this a little too clever？-Is it easy to find （good）， hard to miss （better）， or subconsciously expected （best）？-Are you working with the user’s assumptions or against them？-Have you provided everything the user needs to know？-Could you solve this just as well by doing something more common？-Are you basing your decisions on your own logic or categories， or the user’s intuition？ How do you know？-If the user doesn’t read the fine print， does it still work/make sense？Ask yourself:-Do users think it looks good？ Do they trust it immediately？-Does it communicate the purpose and function without words？-Does it represent the brand？ Does it all feel like the same site？-Does the design lead the user’s eyes to the right places？ How do you know？-Do the colors， shapes， and typography help people find what they want and improve the usability of the details？-Do clickable things look different than unclickable things？-Does it sound confident and tell the user what to do？-Does it motivate the user to complete their goal？ Is that what we want？-Is the biggest text the most important text？ Why not？-Does it inform the user or does it assume that they already understand？-Does it reduce anxiety？-Is it clear， direct， simple， and functional？-Are you using data to prove that you are right， or to learn the truth？-Are you looking for subjective opinions or objective facts？-Have you collected information that can give you those types of answers？-Do you know why users do that， or are you interpreting their behavior？-Are you looking at absolute numbers or relative improvements？-How will you measure this？ Are you measuring the right things？-Are you looking for bad results， too？ Why not？-How can you use this analysis to make improvements？If you’re not solving problems， you’re not doing UX。Solutions are ideas that can be wrong。I give you the simplest practical model of emotions known to mankind:There are two categories of emotions: gain and loss。Emotions are reactions， not goals。 Time makes emotions more complicated。There are two main types of information that you can get from research that involves people: subjective （opinion， memory） and objective （fact）。User research is not a way to confirm your beliefs; it’s a way to discover them。In theory， choosing nothing is always an option。When something doesn’t match what we expect， we notice。If users don’t know， users don’t care。 And sometimes even when they do know， they don’t care！Whatever is happening to you now （or soon） seems more important than what will happen to you later （or in the future）。 - Hyperbolic DiscountingTHE BASIC FORMULAAction from User A = Feedback for User B = Content for User CFor example:You share a friend’s photo on Facebook。 That’s your action， which gives feedback to your friend。 When you share it， the rest of your friends see the photo in their feed， with a note saying you shared it。If you want millions of happy users， design for the distracted idiots， not the obsessed geniuses。Before you can break a pattern， you have to make one。You can follow this formula for text on anything you want people to click:Verb + Benefit + Urgent Time/PlaceJust because you like it， doesn’t mean it’s good。——————If God were a UX designer， you would be sitting in a small， dark， sound-proof room， in a comfortable chair， with no clock， using a device that could only display his website or app。Who knows， maybe you are。 。。。more
Lara Thompson
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As a data scientist working closely with product managers and intermittently with UX this book was perfect for teaching me just what UX is， good practices， how data science might intersect。 The latter sections were more nitty gritty than I specifically needed but the entertaining style kept me reading until the end。
Blake Atkerson
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Fun and FastThis guide was a great introduction for someone new like me to UX。 Easy bite-sized concepts to read on the train and in-between meetings。
J。 Antonio Avalos
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Funny explanations with cartoons， all the topics that are essential for the UX practice， but only as high level descriptions。 Which is perfect when you want to explain to others what UX is or when you're pushing your organization into the UX design。 Funny explanations with cartoons， all the topics that are essential for the UX practice， but only as high level descriptions。 Which is perfect when you want to explain to others what UX is or when you're pushing your organization into the UX design。 。。。more
Dave
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This book has some good information about UX and what its different compnents are， which was helpful to me。 Though there are some hedges in the other direction， I was put off by the suggestion that designers should be making addictive experiences; I think that's never a good idea。 The wannabe-edgelord attempts at humor distract from the content of the book and can be grating at times。 This book has some good information about UX and what its different compnents are， which was helpful to me。 Though there are some hedges in the other direction， I was put off by the suggestion that designers should be making addictive experiences; I think that's never a good idea。 The wannabe-edgelord attempts at humor distract from the content of the book and can be grating at times。 。。。more
Fluegelwesen
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Nettes， kurzes und unterhaltsames Buch über UX。 Es gibt eher einen Überblick und geht nicht in die Tiefe。
John Kerl
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This isn't at all about technologies like React vs Angular or what have you。 Instead it's all about what you want to accomplish in a UI; how to tell if you're succeeding; how to find out how people are using it。Succinct， powerful， immediately applicable。I can't recommend it strongly enough for newcomers like myself。 This isn't at all about technologies like React vs Angular or what have you。 Instead it's all about what you want to accomplish in a UI; how to tell if you're succeeding; how to find out how people are using it。Succinct， powerful， immediately applicable。I can't recommend it strongly enough for newcomers like myself。 。。。more
Kate
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Helpful AND entertaining！
Dale Moore
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Excellent intro to User Experience Design。 Will definitely be re-reading and referencing this book again over time！
Hessam Nadr
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در مورد کتاب:کتاب بدی نبود。 دلیل اینکه این کتاب رو خوندم یکی انتشار تبلیغات زیاد در زمان ترجمه و انتشار کتاب توسط تیم یو ایکس بوک بودو دوم اینکه واقعا تعداد زیادی کتاب فارسی که بتونیم ربطش بدیم به این تخصص وجود نداره و به عنوان شخصی که داره تو این زمینه کار و پژوهش میکنه لازم دونستم که کتاب رو بخونم。 تقریبا ۷۰ درصد مطالب واقعا به درد مبتدیان میخوره。 ۳۰ درصد باقیش از جوک ها و شوخی ها و چیزهایی هست که حتی نمیشه فهمیدشنمیدونم این به خاطر ترجمه بوده یا واقعا اصل مطالب همچین کیفیتی داشته。اینکه بخوایم در مورد کتاب:کتاب بدی نبود。 دلیل اینکه این کتاب رو خوندم یکی انتشار تبلیغات زیاد در زمان ترجمه و انتشار کتاب توسط تیم یو ایکس بوک بودو دوم اینکه واقعا تعداد زیادی کتاب فارسی که بتونیم ربطش بدیم به این تخصص وجود نداره و به عنوان شخصی که داره تو این زمینه کار و پژوهش میکنه لازم دونستم که کتاب رو بخونم。 تقریبا ۷۰ درصد مطالب واقعا به درد مبتدیان میخوره。 ۳۰ درصد باقیش از جوک ها و شوخی ها و چیزهایی هست که حتی نمیشه فهمیدشنمیدونم این به خاطر ترجمه بوده یا واقعا اصل مطالب همچین کیفیتی داشته。اینکه بخوایم فکر کنیم که تجربه کاربری در ۱۰۰ درس تموم میشه در حد شوخی قشنگ هست ولی واقعا جا کار زیاد دارهاول کتاب نوشته شده که برای افرادی که میخوان دانش ابتدایی داشته باشن یا مدیرانی که میخوان تیمی از طراحان تجربه کاربری استخدام کنن ولی بهتره قسمت دوم یعنی مدیران حذف بشه （در درس های آخر جدولی هست که اگر مدیری اون رو ببینه اصلا فکر نمیکنه که اون به شوخی نوشته شده） کیفیت چاپ کتاب خوب بود。 عکس روی جلدش رو اصلا دوست ندارم :））در مورد نویسنده:از خود راضی حتی بیشتر از من。 شوخی های بی نمک وسط متن کتاب。خیلی هم زیاد به اینکه چندتا کتاب دیگه هم نوشته اشاره میکنه که اصلا برام جذاب نیست。 ترجیح میدم بعد از خوندن کامل کتاب اگر از مطالب خوشم اومد برم نویسنده رو دنبال کنم ببینم دیگه چی نوشته تا اینکه وسط کتاب تبلیغ کتابای دیگه اش رو ببینم。 در مورد ترجمه:بدی نبود。 سوتی کم نداشت ولی چون تیمی که کار ترجمه رو انجام دادن شغل اصلیشون مترجمی نبود میتونیم نادیده بگیریم و ازشون تشکر کنیم。 。。。more
BCS
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As someone holding responsibility for websites going back twenty years or more， I thought it about time I read up on UX， or user experience。 Joel Marsh， as the former author of an email newsletter on the subject， has managed to turn that experience into a hundred brief lessons covering matters such as psychology， usability， design， copywriting and analysis。Most lessons are brief only covering one to three pages with illustrations， large print and some white space making them relatively quick and As someone holding responsibility for websites going back twenty years or more， I thought it about time I read up on UX， or user experience。 Joel Marsh， as the former author of an email newsletter on the subject， has managed to turn that experience into a hundred brief lessons covering matters such as psychology， usability， design， copywriting and analysis。Most lessons are brief only covering one to three pages with illustrations， large print and some white space making them relatively quick and easy to read。 Marsh encourages questioning and deals a lot with the psychology of the user experience and how to analyse it， test ideas out and methods such as card sorting， surveys and interviews。Slightly heavy on the American metaphors and examples， it may put off the non-US reader， especially when they’re around sex toys or the word ‘s**t，’ but he does successfully portray marketing as the illusion of choice and one important universal prescription he makes is that when we take notes they should be good enough for someone else to use！As I read through I wondered where accessibility was in all this but sure enough it appears as lesson 76 and whilst not being dogmatic， as it can be quite technical， he does stress the importance。 Similarly， Marsh has left some of the other important stuff for the later lessons including analysing usage （graphs and statistics） and what the actual UX designer does and should include in their portfolio。This is a good book for highlighting most of what a designer needs to consider in the realm of user experience， if greater depth is needed on topics I’m sure there are particular books or websites that’ll have an opinion。 What Marsh is doing is sharing his experiences in a distilled form， like his opinions or not。 If the RRP is a bit high， find it cheaper or borrow it from a library！Review by Dr Mick Phythian MBCS CITPOriginally published: https://www。bcs。org/content/conWebDoc。。。 。。。more
Sreeraj A
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