The initial impression of a system or environment greatly influences subsequent perceptions and attitudes, which then affects the quality of following interactions between the user and the system.
Universal Principles of Design (Book) by
Loading...The impression, and not just the first one, is largely formed at the entry point, physical or attentional, to a system or environment. People do judge books by their covers and Internet sites by their first pages.
The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.
Users are strongly influenced by the aesthetics of any given interface, even when they try to evaluate the underlying functionality of the system.
Jon Yablonski is a user experience designer and front-end web developer based in Detroit. His focus is to make complex technology simple and intuitive through rigorous user research and interaction design.
When the point of contact between the product and the people becomes a point of friction, then the designer has failed. On the other hand, if people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient — or just happier — by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded.
An American industrial engineer, renowned for designing and improving the usability of consumer products such as Hoover vacuum cleaner or the tabletop telephone.
