What Makes a Design Seem 'Intuitive'?

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on 2005-10-07 by joel

an article with insight

on 2006-07-31 by wenxin

how to bridge the gap between users current level of knowledge about an interface and the target knowledge they need to use the interface intuitively.

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Users can complete their objective when current knowledge equals target knowledge. There are two ways this can happen.

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When someone is asking for an intuitive interface, what they are really asking for is an interface that they, themselves, can intuit easily. They are really saying, “I want something I find intuitive.”

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To answer that question, we first have to look at how people understand the design in the first place. To do that, we need to look at the design’s knowledge space.

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Working with users in the middle of several of the most important clusters gives design teams a nice place to start. (Using these clusters can help design teams determine

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When neither condition is met, the same user will likely complain that the interface feels 01Cunintuitive01D. Condition #1: Both the current knowledge point and the target knowledge point are identical. When the user walks up to the design, they know everything they need to operate it and complete their objective. Condition #2: The current knowledge point and the target knowledge point are separate, but the user is completely unaware the design is helping them