Discovering a good user experience

A good user experience does not need to be divined. It does not need to be handed down from some experienced guru either. In fact, the problem with experience is that what is easy, simple, and obvious to you today is vastly different from what it was last month, last year, or when you were starting out.

A good UX can be discovered through logic, persistence, and practice. To find out what a good UX looks like for your user, you can apply my UX discovery survey.

Ask yourself the following four questions:

• Who is the user?
• What are your users capable of?
• Why do users want to use your code?
• How do your users expect to use it?