The document discusses user experience (UX) and introduces Microsoft's UX platforms. It covers key concepts in UX like function, aesthetics, interaction and process. It then outlines Microsoft's tools and frameworks for developing applications, including ASP.NET AJAX for web apps, Silverlight for rich internet apps, and WPF for desktop apps. The document promotes a consistent design approach across platforms and introduces Microsoft evangelists available for support.

1. UX

2. How

3. What

4. Why

5. UX

6. Establish a common vocabulary around user experience

7. User Experience

8. User Experience User Interface Design

9. User interfaces that are applied after an application and Web site are architected are like pushing icing around on a cake. They can make something look nice but not fix fundamental problems, they merely hide them.

10. User Experience User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

11. What roles does a designer play?

12. A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. Robert Heinlein, Author

13. User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

14. User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

15. User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

16. User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

17. Good interaction designers are more than just graphic or visual designers User Interface Design User Research Information Design Usability Testing Design Planning

18. User Experience Roles

19. Summary thoughts

20. Designers work about ‘what’ to design and also ‘how’

21. User Experience Phases (Little d design)

22. User Experience Phases (Big D design)

24. Software and design

25. Where have we been?

33. UX

35. Your Peeps Chris Bernard User Experience Evangelist [email_address] 630.530.4208 designthinkingdigest.com Josh Holmes RIA Architect Evangelist [email_address] 734.323.3543 joshholmes.com Larry Clarkin Architect Evangelist [email_address] 262.347.9582 larryclarkin.com Phil Wheat Architect Evangelist phil.wheat@microsoft.com 512.897.8485 blog.austinwheats.net Clint Edmondson Architect Evangelist [email_address] 314.703.7713 notsotrivial.net/blog Brian Prince Architect Evangelist brprince@microsoft.com 614.519.5045 brianhprince.blogspot.com

36. www.visitmix.com

37. www.microsoft.com/ design www.microsoft.com/ expression Where to learn more

38. www.microsoft.com/ asp.net www.microsoft.com/ silverlight Where to learn more

39. Where to learn more wpf.netfx3.com/

40. Where to learn more

41. What is user experience?

43. Design is Inevitable “ Questions about whether design is necessary or affordable are quite beside the point: design is inevitable . The alternative to good design is bad design , not no design at all.” Douglas Martin designer

44. 4 Concepts

45. 1

46. Function

48. It Works Great!

49. Aesthetic

51. It Looks Great!

52. 3

53. Interaction

55. It Relates to You!

56. 4

57. Process

66. Generates Memories

67. Emotional Connection

81. Consumers try to answer… “Where can I be part of the conversation? How can I control my participation? My voice?”

82. Communities try to answer… “What is sustainable?”

83. UX

84. Understanding digital delivery models for the standards-based Web, the rich Web and the rich client

85. A continuum of experience Consistent design and development story Ubiquity Richness Next Generation Expression Web / Visual Studio Web Expression Blend / Visual Studio

86. Formerly Codenamed “Atlas” AJAX based Web applications Standards Based ASP.net Ajax

87. Create and Deploy XAML content & Apps Everywhere! Windows, Web, Crossplatform, Devices Silverlight

88. Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Desktop Applications Connected Applications WPF

89. Where to apply it Consistent design and development story Web + Standards Rich Web Ultimate Experience Friction free deployment and adoption Developer / Designer productivity and collaboration Ecosystem – controls, content, solutions integrators, community .NET XAML AJAX + .NET, JavaScript, DL Support XAML HTML + AJAX CSS / DHTML Expression Web / Visual Studio Web Expression Blend / Visual Studio

90. Expression Studio

92. Expression Studio

95. Expression Blend Design stunning Windows applications Vector art, pixel images, high quality text, video, and real 3D content Ultimate user experiences

98. Let’s take a deeper look…

99. Web to better Web

100. Desktop to better desktop

101. Your Peeps Chris Bernard User Experience Evangelist [email_address] 630.530.4208 designthinkingdigest.com Josh Holmes RIA Architect Evangelist [email_address] 734.323.3543 joshholmes.com Larry Clarkin Architect Evangelist [email_address] 262.347.9582 larryclarkin.com Phil Wheat Architect Evangelist phil.wheat@microsoft.com 512.897.8485 blog.austinwheats.net Clint Edmondson Architect Evangelist [email_address] 314.703.7713 notsotrivial.net/blog Brian Prince Architect Evangelist brprince@microsoft.com 614.519.5045 brianhprince.blogspot.com