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Optimal levels...
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Rajat Bhardwaj Feb 3, 2010.

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Rajat Bhardwaj replied to romariot's discussion 'Optimal levels...'

Thanks Eric for the reply and my apologies for looking it a bit late. Rajat

Feb 3, 2010

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I agree. Super article!

Jan 3, 2010

Eric Schaffer replied to romariot's discussion 'Optimal levels...'

Let me give an example that might help. So, we were working on the complete new design for a brokerage firm. Their online brokerage was famous, successful, and had a tag line that was something like “Now How Easy Can You Be”. We…

Oct 6, 2009

romariot replied to romariot's discussion 'Optimal levels...'

thanks for the answer Eric. Does that mean, that those principles can only be applied if we are talking about specific user group, like novice, expert, academic or they can be applied to a more wider range? Like how we can determine a optimal level…

Sep 28, 2009

Rajat Bhardwaj replied to romariot's discussion 'Optimal levels...'

Hi Eric, Can you gimme examples of few sites where this has been implemented by HFI? Rajat

Sep 15, 2009

Eric Schaffer replied to romariot's discussion 'Optimal levels...'

Well that is exactly correct. It starts with knowing your user’s capabilities and designing for that. But if you have a diverse user group (and we usually do) you can have an adjustable level of difficulty. You see game designers who let the…

Sep 14, 2009

Optimal levels...

Hi Everybody :)I want to ask if U guys (and girls offcourse:) can explain some things regarding emotional design. How do U bring those concept of optimal levels to work in a design. (dissonance, knowledge of results, challenge..) Does that come from knowing your user and designing according to expected optimal levels that group will have? Thanks for your thoughts :)romariotsSee More

Discussion posted by romariot Sep 11, 2009

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romariot replied to Russell Smith's discussion 'How many users do you test?'

hi i always use 8-10 users, if some problems are not identified and i find it important i include it in a report my self. But usually after 5 users i have most of the problems on the site identified. But there is also a matter of quality and number…

Aug 26, 2009

romariot replied to Brenda Isaacs's discussion '(Hyperlink - Color) vs (Color of Text on Web Page)'

hi.. In my research i always found that people tend to click on underlined text, no matter which colou it was.

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