Usability & Accessibility Evaluation for an e-commerce: YSL

two user interface re-design recommendations based on psycology principles, heuristics and insights for an established luxury e-commerce website Yves Saint Laurent

6 weeks project - Group/Solo

2023

UX/UI

Usability & Accessibility Evaluation for an e-commerce: YSL

two user interface re-design recommendations based on psycology principles, heuristics and insights for an established luxury e-commerce website Yves Saint Laurent

6 weeks project - Group/Solo

2023

UX/UI

Usability & Accessibility Evaluation for an e-commerce: YSL

two user interface re-design recommendations based on psycology principles, heuristics and insights for an established luxury e-commerce website Yves Saint Laurent

6 weeks project - Group/Solo

2023

UX/UI

My Role:

My Role:

My Role:

Researcher (solo project)

Researcher (solo project)

Researcher, Designer (solo project)

My Deliverables:

My Deliverables:

My Deliverables:

Desk research, Semi-structures interviews, Ethnography, Observations, HMWs, Evaluation Matrix

Desk research, Semi-structures interviews, Ethnography, Observations, HMWs, Evaluation Matrix

Desk research, Semi-structures interviews, Ethnography, Observations, HMWs, Evaluation Matrix

Personal Challenges

Personal Challenges

Personal Challenges

This module helped me gain furter attention to details and synthesise a large amount of data.

This module helped me gain furter attention to details and synthesise a large amount of data.

Project Overview

Project Overview

Project Overview

Homepage Redesign

Homepage Redesign

Homepage Redesign

Before

Before

Before

After

After

After

FAQ Page Redesign

FAQ Page Redesign

FAQ Page Redesign

Before

Before

Before

After

After

After

Evaluation

Evaluation

Evaluation

Lack of Dual Coding

Lack of Dual Coding

Lack of Dual Coding

The menu on the top right-hand side was moved up to the header to offer greater consistency and standards aligning to external conventions.

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

The menu on the top right-hand side was moved up to the header to offer greater consistency and standards aligning to external conventions.

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

The menu on the top right-hand side was moved up to the header to offer greater consistency and standards aligning to external conventions.

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

Before

Before

Before

After

After

After

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

Small & compact text

Small & compact text

Small & compact text

Body

Body

Before

Before

After

After

In the qualitative test, users struggled to find back to the ‘bag’ after viewing the FAQ page. Using dual coding by adding icons and text i.e. ‘search product’ makes it easier for a user to identify the functions

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Heuristics

Heuristics

Heuristics

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Heuristics Evaluation
By Jakob Nilsen

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Heuristics Evaluation
By Jakob Nilsen

#1 Visibility of system status

#1 Visibility of system status

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

#2 Match between System & Real world

#2 Match between System & Real world

  • Communicate with the user's language

  • Use familiar words to help users quickly understand

  • Communicate with the user's language

  • Use familiar words to help users quickly understand

#3 User Control & Freedom

#3 User Control & Freedom

  • Help users recover from mistakes

  • Provide quick exits

  • Help users recover from mistakes

  • Provide quick exits

#4 Consistency & standards

#4 Consistency & standards

Prevent user to get confused

  • Be consistent

  • External standards: Align with platform conventions

  • Internal standards: Alignment of design within the platform

Prevent user to get confused

  • Be consistent

  • External standards: Align with platform conventions

  • Internal standards: Alignment of design within the platform

#5 Error Prevention

#5 Error Prevention

  • Inform users the use of design to prevent problems from happening from the start

  • Slips: Unconscious errors

  • Mistakes: Conscious errors based on mismatch in the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

  • Inform users the use of design to prevent problems from happening from the start

  • Slips: Unconscious errors

  • Mistakes: Conscious errors based on mismatch in the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

#6 Recognition Rather than Recall

#6 Recognition Rather than Recall

Reduce user's cognitive load

  • Make elements visible

  • Avoid asking user to remember information

Reduce user's cognitive load

  • Make elements visible

  • Avoid asking user to remember information

#7 Flexibility of Use

#7 Flexibility of Use

  • Provide shortcuts for the expert user

  • Enable quicker navigation

  • Provide shortcuts for the expert user

  • Enable quicker navigation

#8 Aesthetics and minimalist design

#8 Aesthetics and minimalist design

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

#9 Recognise, diagnose and Recover from errors

#9 Recognise, diagnose and Recover from errors

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

#10 Help & documentation

#10 Help & documentation

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback

  • Inform user about the outcome before interaction

  • Provide timely & suitable feedback