Improve Your App’s UI/UX By Asking The Right Questions

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The talk offers 37 specific questions organized into ten areas and demonstrates them on real apps (Amtrak, AllTrails, Kindle, GasBuddy, Walmart, SensorPush), calling out concrete failures like 8 unnecessary items on one screen and a grocery app that hides navigation. It compares CamScanner’s three-step scan to Microsoft Office Lens’s single-step capture, highlights a to‑do app with 14 gestures to learn, shows techniques (autofill, camera card entry, drag controls), and admits a prototype for families with disabilities existed but wasn’t shipped.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 3:19Who are my Users
3. 3:42How am I Different from my Users
4. 5:11Do Labels and Naming reinforce identity
5. 5:36Do Icons provide identity & meaning
6. 6:50What Can Be Removed
7. 7:49Is Clarity Being Sacrificed For Simplicity
8. 8:20Do Repeating Elements Have A Consistent Identity
9. 9:16What Is The Purpose Of The Screen
10. 10:57What Does This Thing Do
11. 11:47Is Information Visually Prioritized
12. 12:35Does Visual Priority Match The Users Priority
13. 13:10Are Repeating Elements Scannable
14. 13:46Do Graphics And Layout Support Scanning
15. 14:45Is The State Clear
16. 16:20Are We Being Efficient With The Users Time
17. 16:32Can Interaction Time Be Reduced
18. 17:44Is The Site Map Memorable
19. 19:03Are Navigation Options Recognizable
20. 19:29Is Navigation Consistent and Predictable
21. 20:46Can Navigation Be Simplified
22. 21:31Can We Minimize Typing
23. 22:18How Can We Simplify Data Entry
24. 22:49Are We Interpreting Data
25. 23:55Is There A Learning Curve To Use The App
26. 25:35Is My Test Data Hiding UI Issues
27. 26:31What Are The Root Issues
28. 26:56What Issues Are A Priority To Address
29. 27:23Is There Buy-in To Address Issues
30. 28:23Deciding What To Build
31. 28:39Why Is This Idea Unique
32. 29:07What Assumptions Am I Making
33. 29:31Who Would Use The App
34. 29:51What Would They Want/Need
35. 30:11When & Where Is The App Used
36. 30:23What Features Are Needed
37. 30:40What Technologies Are Needed

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