168 What is User Experience Design?

We look at the role of user experience design in web design. How does UX differ from other disciplines in web design and development?

Our panel this week:

Krissie VandeNoord: http://krissievandenoord.com/

Sallie Goetsch: https://www.wpfangirl.com/

Jackie D'Elia: https://jackiedelia.com/

Kim Shivler: https://whiteglovewebtraining.com/

John Locke: https://www.lockedownseo.com/

Jonathan Denwood: https://www.wp-tonic.com/

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Table of Contents for Episode 168

0:00 Podcast intros.

3:16 WordPress News Story #1: #StopMullware — On the Security of 27% of the Websites on the Internet

http://web.archive.org/web/20170214062414/https://medium.com/@CiPHPerCoder/stopmullware-on-the-security-of-27-of-the-websites-on-the-internet-298a7e5b6871

Matt Mullenweg Responds to Security Rant: Digital Signatures for WordPress Updates Are Important but Not a Priority

https://wptavern.com/matt-mullenweg-responds-to-security-rant-digital-signatures-for-wordpress-updates-are-important-but-not-a-priority

14:32 WordPress News Story #2: WordPress REST API Vulnerability Exploits Continue

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-rest-api-vulnerability-exploits-continue

RCE Attempts Against the Latest WordPress REST API Vulnerability

https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/rce-attempts-against-the-latest-wordpress-rest-api-vulnerability.html

A Feeding Frenzy to Deface WordPress Sites

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/rest-api-exploit-feeding-frenzy-deface-wordpress-sites/

25:38 WordPress News Story #3: How Many WordPress Plugins is Too Many? The Answer Might Surprise You

https://wplift.com/how-many-wordpress-plugins

Main Topic: What is UX Design?

32:22 What is UX? How does it differ from other web design disciplines?

36:01 What are the impacts of bad user experience or not considering UX?

39:40 What impact does UX have on something like an online course?

44:59 Why are UX and UI confused so often? What are the real differences between user experience design and user interface design?

46:25 Where does UX design fit into the larger design plan? When does user research get presented to visual designers and back-end engineers?

49:35 Balancing usability and functionality.

56:38 Some recommendations for UX resources to learn from.

1:07:55 Podcast outros.

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Links mentioned during the show:

Rethink.fm Episode #8: Designing User Experiences

http://rethink.fm/podcast/episode-8-designing-user-experiences/

Lucky Orange

http://www.luckyorange.com/

Tragic Design

http://tragicdesign.com/

Foundations of UX: Content Strategy

https://www.lynda.com/Content-Strategy-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Content-Strategy/473877-2.html

Foundations of UX: Logic and Content

https://www.lynda.com/Web-Interaction-Design-tutorials/Foundations-UX-Logic-Content/141156-2.html

Human Factors Intl

http://www.humanfactors.com/

User Testing

https://www.usertesting.com/

Feedbackerr

http://feedbackerr.com/

DarkPatterns.org

https://darkpatterns.org/

Design of Everday things

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/1452654123

Just Enough Research

https://abookapart.com/products/just-enough-research

Designing for Emotion

https://abookapart.com/products/designing-for-emotion

Don't Make Me Think

https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/

Crazy Egg

https://www.crazyegg.com/

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