Skip to Content
Usability Matters
book

Usability Matters

by Matt Lacey
August 2018
Beginner
392 pages
14h 34m
English
Manning Publications
Content preview from Usability Matters

Chapter 3. Where and when is the app used?

This chapter covers

  • Considering location on a macro and micro scale
  • Thinking about the time when an app is used
  • Thinking about how much time the app is used
  • Appreciating how other activities affect the app

The circumstances of use for your app extend beyond the person who’s using it. Where and when people use an app can be as important, or, in some cases, even more significant. The place and time of use can impact who’ll use your app. Who’s using it can influence when and where they do so. Understand how the location and time of use can affect what people experience when using an app so you can apply this to your apps.

In this chapter, I’ll introduce you to Harriet. She’s an app and game developer. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Usability

Usability

Kelly Norton
Mobile Usability

Mobile Usability

Jakob Nielsen
Eyetracking Web Usability

Eyetracking Web Usability

Jakob Nielsen, Kara Pernice

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781617293931Publisher SupportPublisher Website