{"id":364,"date":"2015-02-19T23:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T04:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2015-02-20T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T14:37:18","slug":"power-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/power-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Word:\u00a0<\/strong>Power User<\/p>\n<p><strong>Definition:\u00a0<\/strong>Someone who operates a computer or device at an advanced skill level with knowledge and\/or experience that is not typical of an average user. Sometimes referred to as a\u00a0<em>super user.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong>\u00a0UX designers need to consider all user types when designing and that includes both the power user and the beginner. This can lead to a tricky situation because a dumbed-down interface will frustrate the power user, while a complex interface will scare off the beginner. There is no secret formula, unfortunately,\u00a0but I can still offer a few helpful keep-in-the-back-of-your-mind thoughts!<\/p>\n<p>Games are great <a href=\"http:\/\/uxpamagazine.org\/keep_it_simple\/\" target=\"_blank\">examples<\/a> of interfaces that progress as a user essentially levels-up and gains knowledge. This way it teaches a novice the basics while providing and unlocking features for the power user. As gamification continues to penetrate UX thinking, games can offer quite a bit of insight and inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>However, another school of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smashingmagazine.com\/2011\/12\/28\/myth-of-sophisticated-user\/\" target=\"_blank\">thought<\/a> says that all products should be accessible and usable by everyone at all times and that the seamlessness integration of all types of users is the beauty of great\u00a0design. I can dig this too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:\u00a0<\/strong>In what situations do you consider yourself a power user? As a power user do you look for VIP treatment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Word:\u00a0Power User Definition:\u00a0Someone who operates a computer or device at an advanced skill level with knowledge and\/or experience that is not typical of an average user. Sometimes referred to as a\u00a0super user.\u00a0 Thoughts:\u00a0UX designers need to consider all user types when designing and that includes both the power user and the beginner. This can lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,112],"tags":[113,8,9],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-management","category-users","tag-power-user","tag-user-experience","tag-ux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hannahatkin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}