A developers guide to the UX Galaxy

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Presents Microsoft Research’s concrete checklist called tenets and traps, distilled from roughly a century of UI research, and shows it predicting and catching real failures: invisible elements (Windows 8 search, charms bar), accidental activation, system amnesia and gratuitous redundancy. Demonstrates fixes that work — moving search, restoring the file menu — and quantifies impact (a delayed response reduces clicks and revenue by about four percent). Uses a simple review: run three to five scenarios against a tenants/traps sheet and note actionable fixes.

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1. 0:00UX introduction and importance
2. 1:28Why UX matters in-house
3. 2:33Tenets and traps of UI
4. 4:22Understandable interfaces
5. 5:27Physically effortless interfaces
6. 6:31Efficient and forgiving interfaces
7. 7:34Discreet and protective interfaces
8. 8:59Habituating and beautiful interfaces
9. 12:16Interface attributes
10. 13:41Invisible elements and attention
11. 15:30Human attention limits
12. 16:58Invisible gorilla test
13. 18:01Invisible elements in UI
14. 19:09Dead ends and uncomprehending elements
15. 20:58Grouping and readability
16. 22:03Targeting and activation traps
17. 23:08Readability and context
18. 24:15Responsiveness and feedback
19. 25:21Efficiency and overload
20. 27:05System amnesia and choices
21. 28:12Habituating interfaces
22. 29:16Redundancy in UI
23. 31:49Inconsistent placement
24. 33:15Consistency in user interface design
25. 34:43Beautiful UX craftsmanship
26. 35:28Using tenets in UX reviews
27. 37:57Summary

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