Pick three quotes from the chapters and write 1-2 paragraph response to each of the quotes. Find illustrations to your quotes. Post this text to your blogs.
Quote 1: "From a strategic point of view, it is critically important to understand what a user wants (or needs) to do, when they want to do it, and in what context(s) they want to do it."
I wanted to highlight this quote in the context of Manual Triggers because I felt drawn to the reasoning behind this statement. Understanding the "why" is crucial when designing the product or trigger whether it be digital or physical. As the section continues, the author speaks to recognizing whether triggers need to be globally available or only available when certain conditions are met. I think a good example could be pressing the flashlight on an iPhone. If you pull the global settings down, you can turn the flashlight on and off making ti globally available. But if you long press on the flashlight icon, you can change the brightness of the flashlight which could be based on context.
Quote 2: "Take what is probably the simplest microinteraction there is: turning on a light. Once you use the trigger (a light switch), the light turns on. In a basic light setup, there is a single rule: the light stays on and fully lit until the switch is turned off. You can change that rule, however, by adding a dimmer or a motion detector that turns the light off when no motion is detected."
I added this quote from the reading, because this example helped me to understand the concept of microinteractions, and specifically the structure a bit better. There's the trigger, the rule of what happens from the trigger, then there's the feedback, and finally the loops and modes. For this example, the feedback could be fact that there's now light in the room. Visually you can see the change. This interaction of flipping a switch, seeing a light turn on, is manual. But as stated in the quote, this rule can change with smart lights, voice activated lights, dimmers, that all exist now.
Quote 3: "Thus, many microinteractions begin with an understanding of user need: what the user wants to accomplish, when they want to do it, and how often. This determines the affordances, accessibility, and persistence of the trigger."
For my final quote, I chose to highlight this statement because I think it's a good summary to the reasons and important behind microinteractions. I feel the importance as a UX designer, to understand user behavior and tie it into all interactions. Before designing, we need to understand what user's are looking to accomplish and why, when they want to do it, annoyances, and more. It adds to the user experience behind products, so I felt like this quote was a great summary and tie in to highlight as to the importance of what we're studying and why.