Sean Kane
Director, User Interface Engineering at Netflix
Prior to joining Netflix in 2002, Sean led the UI engineering team for the Kleiner Perkins ebusiness startup Bigvine.com. Bigvine's UI was recognized in Forbes 2000 "Best of the Web", Inc. Magazine, and in Newsweek's "Top 103 Web Sites". Previously, Sean developed leading-edge web interfaces at internet search pioneer AltaVista, and developed web applications for AllBusiness.com and the first online education application for the California State University, Chico.
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Poison Oak
Posted Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Poison oak is dangerously seductive. Good thing the photos of it are safe. more »Carefree
Posted Tuesday, January 10, 2012
My youngest daughter was playing at the beach in Santa Barbara in her sun dress and I grabbed this photo. Everything about her pose, expression, the long grasses, sand and hill behind her screamed for a vintage look. I used Nik Silver Efex Pro to getmore »English Camp Barn
Posted Monday, January 9, 2012
In the Almaden Quicksilver County Park in South San Jose are some abandoned cinnabar mines and a few structures that were present in the mini camps that existed up in the hills. This is an old barn that existed in English Camp (yes, there was a neighbmore »Presentations
CASE STUDY: Developing a Great User Interface - A Netflix Case Study
This presentation will detail the innovative Netflix website features and how they came to be a part of the user experience. Following a handful of features, this will take you through the development process, from concept to qualitative and quantitative more »CASE STUDY: Developing a Great User Interface - A Netflix Case Study
By Sean Kane
This presentation will detail the innovative Netflix website features and how they came to be a part of the user experience. Following a handful of features, this will take you through the development process, from concept to qualitative and quantitative testing, out to launch. Including recent tests, this presentation will highlight design successes and give some insight to some of the ideas that were left behind.
Netflix, the world's leading online DVD rental service, has a long history of delivering one of the most simple and elegant user experiences on the web. It has proven essential to provide a highly personalized web experience to millions of Netflix members. Netflix invented the now ubiquitous 5-Star Rating widget interaction that is used across the web today. The continued use of Ajax and other rich web technologies has been core to the Netflix experience ever since.
This presentation will detail the innovative Netflix website features and how they came to be a part of the user experience. Following a handful of features, this will take you through the development process, from concept to qualitative and quantitative testing, out to launch. Including recent tests, this presentation will highlight design successes and give some insight to some of the ideas that were left behind.
