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The VIMM Model considers usability related to visual load, intellectual load, memory load and motor load.

User Experience

How the VIMM Model can Improve Usability of Your Site or Application

There are many definitions of “usability,” but most of them are too general to be useful. The VIMM Model is different. It’s a practical approach to improving usability that can be applied by just about anyone.

Private: Melisa Zachrich, Senior User Experience Architect

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Welcome to The Treehouse

“Welcome to the treehouse,” said CEO Steve Hanson the day we moved into our new headquarters. Steve wasn’t the only one responding with childlike delight to our new setting. We’re now on the upper floor of a building on the edge of the woods. Long banks of windows on all four sides reveal a view from the trees that shifts with the seasons. It was lush with vines when we moved in; now, cardinals flash between snow-covered branches.

Welcome to The Treehouse,
Welcome to The Treehouse,