In this session we will introduce some low-tech methods for gaining valuable insight into the user experience layer of your Drupal projects. Oftentimes usability studies are ignored in the web development process, especially when time is tight or man/woman-power is low. Usability studies can actually help you save lots of time and money when done early and frequently, and they will also lead to better, more pleasant websites and happier clients.
We will also discuss the current usability study project we are working on for Drupal 7 along with the Drupal UX team. Drupal is notoriously criticized for being overly-complicated and difficult to learn. Usability studies are the best way to get feedback on how we as a community can make Drupal's UX shine so everyone can get to all the beauty underneath the hood. This usability study is unique because it will be live-streamed so anyone can watch as it happens and get a feel for the difficulties new users face in their first interactions with the system.
PRESENTATIONS
- DrupalCon Portland [FEATURED SPEAKER] - Using Twig: The new template engine in D8 - May 21st, 2013
- Sacramento Drupal Camp - Build better websites with Panels - Apr 13th, 2013
- Sacramento Drupal Camp - Twig and the new theme layer in Drupal 8 - Apr 13th, 2013
- SFDUG - Drupal 8 and Twig - Apr 8th, 2013
- Stanford Drupal Camp - Twig and the new theme layer in Drupal 8 - Apr 6th, 2013
- Stanford Drupal Camp - Build better websites with Panels - Apr 6th, 2013
- HTML5 Developer Conference - Twig, and the new theme layer in Drupal 8 - Apr 1st, 2013
- EBDUG - Drupal 8 and Twig - Mar 27th, 2013
- DrupalCon Sydney - Twig, and the new theme layer in Drupal 8 - Feb 8th, 2013
- DrupalCon Sydney [FEATURED SPEAKER] - Build better websites with Panels - Feb 7th, 2013
- BADCamp 2012 - The new theme layer in Drupal 8 - Nov 3rd, 2012
- HTML5 Developer Conference - Content vs. Configuration: HTML5 in a CMS - Oct 15th, 2012
- Drupal Design Camp LA - Content vs. Configuration: HTML5 in a CMS - Oct 13th, 2012
- Drupal Design Camp LA - A new theme layer for Drupal 8 - Oct 13th, 2012
- DrupalCon Munich - Best Practices WYSIWYG with inline image handling - Aug 23rd, 2012