Lecture 5: Soft Navigation Flashcards
Soft Navigation
What is feed forward?
when interface elements (buttons, links, tools) indicate the implication of their actions before they’re executed upon
What does good feed forward lead to less of?
less feedback
What does feed forward convey?
a process, workflow, function, definition, and/or requirement
How is navigating the soft world different from the physical world?
you can only see one window at a time online. There is no periphery. Never really traveling, just clicking, so you lack a sense of location/direction
What is the average user myth?
there is no average user!
design content to fill the need and present it in the right use context
What should you iterate between before engaging in graphic design?
iterate between information and interaction architecture and interface design
What is content?
the information, functions, mechanisms, and tools
What does architecture represent?
It represents the navigation component of site design, accommodating all of the features, elements, info, and modes to make a system usable. too many elements will lead to architecture collapse
What should be considered when creating an architecture?
nesting of pages based on hierarchy, user’s mental model for content organization, names of menus and sub menus and order of presentation
What are two architecture methods?
card sorting and free from survey
What is the main menu scheme?
descriptive, goal based, and process/order based
What is destination design also known as?
interaction design
What is a fact about human perception?
we mostly operate below conscious awareness
What is a fact about our vision?
we look but we don’t always see, vision is not perception, just because something is there it doesn’t mean we will perceive it
What is level 1 thinking?
the mode of preference
it’s fast, automatic, frequent, emotional and unconscious
can the constraining and lead to errors
