100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About PeopleWe design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind. Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard, confusing, and inefficient. This book combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs. With it you’ll be able to design more intuitive and engaging work for print, websites, applications, and products that matches the way people think, work, and play. Learn to increase the effectiveness, conversion rates, and usability of your own design projects by finding the answers to questions such as:
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... Patterns 4 There's a Special Part of the Brain Just for Recognizing Faces 5 People Imagine Objects Tilted and at a Slight Angle Above 6 People Scan Screens Based on Past Experience and Expectations 7 People See Cues that Tell Them What ...
... Patterns 4 There's a Special Part of the Brain Just for Recognizing Faces 5 People Imagine Objects Tilted and at a Slight Angle Above 6 People Scan Screens Based on Past Experience and Expectations 7 People See Cues that Tell Them What ...
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... Pattern Recognition Helps People Identify Letters in Different Fonts 16 Font Size Matters 17 Reading a Computer Screen is Harder than Reading Paper 18 People Read Faster with a Longer Line Length, but they Prefer a Shorter Line Length ...
... Pattern Recognition Helps People Identify Letters in Different Fonts 16 Font Size Matters 17 Reading a Computer Screen is Harder than Reading Paper 18 People Read Faster with a Longer Line Length, but they Prefer a Shorter Line Length ...
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... patterns from what we look at and creates several tracks from the patterns. Some tracks contain information about shadows, others about movement, and so on. As many as 12 tracks of information are then sent to the brain's visual cortex ...
... patterns from what we look at and creates several tracks from the patterns. Some tracks contain information about shadows, others about movement, and so on. As many as 12 tracks of information are then sent to the brain's visual cortex ...
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... and the site. • If you want users to concentrate on a certain part of the screen, don't put animation or blinking elements in their peripheral vision. 3. People Identify Objects by Recognizing Patterns Recognizing patterns helps.
... and the site. • If you want users to concentrate on a certain part of the screen, don't put animation or blinking elements in their peripheral vision. 3. People Identify Objects by Recognizing Patterns Recognizing patterns helps.
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... patterns, even if there are no real patterns there. In Figure 3.1, you probably see four sets of two dots each rather than eight individual dots. You interpret the white space, or lack of it, as a pattern. Figure 3.1. Your brain wants ...
... patterns, even if there are no real patterns there. In Figure 3.1, you probably see four sets of two dots each rather than eight individual dots. You interpret the white space, or lack of it, as a pattern. Figure 3.1. Your brain wants ...
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