Functionalities are what I like to see as the way of user-friendliness, whether this is for entertainment, actual work, or to enhance every-day living. These come in forms of music, visual, kinesthetic, audio, odorant, tasting, and/or synesthesia types of learning.
How does the functionality interact with the [ USER ] ?
This is posed on how the user is effected by the functionality and how it can help the user.
It is important to understand how the user can interact to prove that this functionality does in fact exist, and it can occur as either entertainment, actual help for work, or enhancing every-day living.
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What [ SENSES ] are connected with this function?
Can this only be seen? Seen AND heard? Sometimes a combination of senses can help the thrill of how the user is interacting with the functionality.
It is important to understand how the senses are connected to see how you can produce memories with the particular senses. If you see Michael Jordan, are you going to immediately remember the movie Space Jam? Depends on if you have seen the movie or not. Also hearing the soundtrack can give those memories.
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What [ OTHER FUNCTIONS ] work with this function?
Additional functions with the main purpose can be helpful and has been preferred by most people, but it technically is not always the case.
If there is a case of other functions working with this functionality, it is important to understand what the other functions are to increase the value of the function for emergency situations… If you can’t get a key to unlock a door, what about a hairpin?
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What is [ HOUSING ] the function?
This could be in a house ;). The housing of a function could be the magazine that an ad is surrounded by, or the bag that holds all of the chips.
It is important to understand what is housing the function for a sense of more possibilities… What could the house do? How will the house help other functionalities?
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How is the functionality [ ORGANIZED ] ?
Organization is usually key for having a set-up particular to your functionality. A user doesn’t always need to remember it for their use, especially if this is an entertainment factor.
It is important for the creator of the functionality to remember organization for remembering the order of how to produce the functionality. Organization can also help keep a concise presentation and give the viewers a way of remembering why this functionality is the way that it is.
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