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Design principles in the real world

Design principles in the real world

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Design principles in the real world

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- [Instructor] I can explain design principles to you all day. But you need to internalize them so that it's automatic to use them when you are doing design. One way to do that is to notice good and bad design in the real world, and try to understand the design principles that are involved. Here's an example. Slot machines usually have great user experienced design. If they didn't, people wouldn't feed them as much money. This is the most successful slot machine of the last 25 years. Wheel of Fortune. Based on what you've learned so far, what do you notice about the design of this machine? I'll point out a few things in a moment, but if like, you can pause now, and work on doing your own analysis. Okay, let's list some of the principles involved here. The buttons they want you to push are larger, are grouped together, and are on the right, because most users are right-handed. Other options that they don't want you to push as much are on the left, grouped together, but smaller. The two…

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