// Glossary
User-Centered Design
4 topics
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Does the Designer's Intention Reach the User?
An approach that prioritizes users' needs, behaviors, and context in design. A methodology to increase the probability that intention reaches them.
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How Does Design Handle the Fact That There Are People on the Other Side of the Screen?
A methodology where all design decisions are based on the actual needs, behaviors, and constraints of users. It positions the 'person' on the other side of the screen as the starting point of design.
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What does it mean to design while imagining the person on the other side of the screen?
An approach that prioritizes users' needs, contexts, and feedback at every stage of design. Imagination is the most important tool here.
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What does it mean to design while imagining the person on the other side of the screen?
An approach that prioritizes users' needs, behaviors, and contexts above all. It is founded on using imagination to concretely depict the user 'on the other side of the screen'.