Usablity.Pro Introduction
- 2. About the C p y b h Company “We make software We products b tt b d t better by We are a design We are a design g focusing on the f i g h team based in sunny team based in sunny User Experience” Experience p Southern California Southern California • W b applications Web applications Web ppli i • C Consumer electronics Consumer electronics l i • Enterprise software Enterprise software E t i ft • Medical devices M di l d i Medical devices • Desktop applications Desktop applications • Mobile applications Mobile applications (iPhone, S60/UIQ, Windows) (iPhone, S60/UIQ, (iPhone S60/UIQ Windows) Copyright © 2008 Usability.Pro. All rights reserved Copyright © 2008 Usability Pro All rights reserved
- 3. What We D h Do Copyright © 2008 Usability.Pro. All rights reserved Copyright © 2008 Usability Pro All rights reserved
- 4. Recent Work R k Handheld Navigation Device Family Handheld Na igation De ice Family g Automotive Navigation Device Family A tomoti e Na igation De ice Family g A top‐tier navigation device company A t p ti ig ti d i p y In the rapidly changing world of portable I th pidly h gi g ld f p t bl needed a new design to enhance the needed a new design to enhance the navigation devices, fresh concepts and an navigation devices fresh concepts and an usability of their next generation usability of their next‐generation improved user experience were on order. improved user experience were on order handheld units. The result is a h dh ld h l This new family of devices is just hitting h f ly f d j h g groundbreaking line of touch‐screen ro ndbreakin line of to ch screen store shelves. store shel es outdoor navigators. outdoor navigators Embedded Software Showcase Embedded Software Showcase b dd d f h e Learning System e‐Learning System A very well known supplier of embedded A very well‐known supplier of embedded Motorola needed a simple way to Motorola needed a simple way to systems software empowers thousands of t ft th d f administer their online courseware. This d i i t th i li Thi consumer electronics and medical devices consumer electronics and medical devices web‐based approach incorporated new web based approach incorporated new with its graphics library tools. We helped with its graphics library tools. We helped collaborative learning methods in a collaborative learning methods in a them develop their newest SDK th d l th i t SDK straightforward application used by t i htf d li ti db demonstrations, so that they can show demonstrations so that they can show thousands. thousands their customers just how beautiful device j f user interfaces can be. user interfaces can be Ophthalmic Laser Surgical Instrument Ophth l i L S gi l I t t MiGente Application Redesign MiG t Appli ti R d ig A nearby startup has come up with this new A nearby startup has come up with this new MiGente s software is used by thousands of MiGente’s software is used by thousands of surgical instrument to make eye surgery surgical instrument to make eye surgery store clerks in Hispanic communities store clerks in Hispanic communities more exact. We developed a modern, W d l p d d , throughout North and Central America to h gh N h dC lA i touch‐screen application that sits in the touch screen application that sits in the help customers with immigration and help customers with immigration and operating room, as well as an Internet operating room, as well as an Internet income tax matters. income tax matters. application to help manage patient li ti t h l ti t information and surgical data. information and surgical data Copyright © 2008 Usability.Pro. All rights reserved Copyright © 2008 Usability Pro All rights reserved
- 5. Sound Familiar… What can we d f you ? S d Familiar ili h do for y I have lots of product returns or I have lots of product returns or My Software needs a facelift! My Software needs a facelift! My software isn’t user friendly My ft i ’t f i dly customer feedback claiming that customer feedback claiming that enough, and the engineers just enough and the engineers just my product is hard to use my product is hard to use can t seem to make it right… can’t seem to make it right We will review your software or site We will review your software or site against known standards, and give you against known standards and give you our straightforward feedback on what’s t i htf d f db k h t’ Let us conduct a usability test to see where Let us conduct a usability test to see where up to snuff and what could use some up to snuff and what could use some your users are having the most trouble. Then, your users are having the most trouble. Then, improvement. i p That’s ok. First our designers can help you get h ’ k i d ig h lp y g sort them Pareto‐style and solve the biggest sort them Pareto style and solve the biggest the interface cleaned up, and then we can work the interface cleaned up and then we can work challenges first. challenges first with your engineers to develop interface y g p guidelines that they will be able to follow, guidelines that they will be able to follow based on the technologies they re already used based on the technologies they’re already used to. to My device has tons of buttons My device has tons of buttons and I want to give it a modern and I want to give it a modern d d h touch‐screen I’m planning the next major version of my I’m planning the next major version of my company s software, and the CEO says, this one company’s software and the CEO says “this one I ve just finishing up the I’ve just finishing up the has to look great has to look great” We can design an interface that works W d ig i t f th t k beta, and I want to see beta and I want to see with touch‐screens in all form factors, with touch screens in all form factors what user s will think… what user’s will think from handhelds to airplane seatbacks from handhelds to airplane seatbacks to mall kiosks. t ll ki k Get us involved early, so that we can help you design in the y, py g things that will make your application stand out things that will make your application stand out Call us right now, so that we can Call us right now so that we can learn about your application and learn about your application and p bili y bili y put a usability review or usability i evaluation together Whether you evaluation together. Whether you get feedback from 5 people or 500, get feedback from 5 people or 500, it’s a whole lot better than waiting it’ h l l t b tt th iti until the code is done. until the code is done Copyright © 2008 Usability.Pro. All rights reserved Copyright © 2008 Usability Pro All rights reserved
- 6. Let’s lk Let’s Talk! Give us a call and see what we can do Give us a call and see what we can d ll d h do for your application or device… for your application or device y pp