User Interface (UI) Design is the art of creating visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces for digital products. UI designers focus on enhancing the user experience by considering factors like layout, color schemes, typography, and iconography. They strive to make interfaces intuitive and easy to navigate, guiding users seamlessly through the product. UI design involves collaboration with User Experience (UX) designers to ensure the interface aligns with user needs and business objectives. Iterative prototyping and user testing are essential to refine the design and ensure it meets user expectations. A well-executed UI design is crucial in captivating users, increasing engagement, and fostering brand loyalty.
You instinctively know how to hold a coffee mug or unlock your house. But, what if you’re asked to conduct surgery? Land an airplane? You’d be clueless, wouldn’t you? Psychologists and interaction design researchers Klaus Bærentsen and Johan Trettvik, state that everything humans know how to do has been learned by them at some point … Read more
It was back in 1994 that Jakob Nielsen defined and outlined the importance of heuristic evaluation for digital products – Heuristic evaluation is a usability engineering method for finding the usability problems in a user interface design so that they can be attended to as part of an iterative design process. It involves having a … Read more
Quick, tell me what comes to mind when you hear “tallest building in the world”? The Burj Khalifa? Or maybe the Empire State? How about the word ‘heart’ – what do you visualize when you hear that word? The most probable guess is that the heart icon ❤️- is what comes to mind, instead of … Read more
What do you do when you enter a hotel room for the first time? You find the card key slot to switch on the lights, then get inside, place your bag, and do a quick scan of the room to see what’s where. What you don’t do is jump right into the shower or immediately … Read more
“If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likable person: respectful, generous, and helpful.” – Alan Cooper There probably isn’t a better way to encapsulate what a good user interface should be. In fact, the 4 golden rules of UI design exist to ensure that the UI … Read more
If a company wants to make the most out of its investment in UX, they first need to define what the most means to them. Every UX design project stems from a different motivation. A vague and unclear design brief often means even the commissioning party isn’t sure of what to expect out of it. … Read more
Designing user interfaces is all about following the set rules of design aesthetics and visual hierarchy. Pay attention to these rules and you’re more likely to come up with simple, user-friendly interfaces that get the job done. However, there are times when UI designers, in their quest for creativity, try to experiment a bit too … Read more
Software design and development is an expansive trade comprising professionals from varied fields of study. While we best learn concepts on the job, what also helps is to have a resource that congregates important concepts and definitions to help us clarify any ambiguities with ease. This ultimate list of 100+ important UI-UX terms simplifies technical … Read more
If there’s one way to describe the agile development process to novices, it is this – agile is all about incrementally delivering software, bypassing unnecessary overheads, and working collaboratively towards the greater good of the project. Perfection is left out of the equation, as products can always be enhanced down the road. The actual process … Read more
Enterprise apps and portals are crucial tools designed for the betterment of large businesses. Up until now, a major grouse against these applications would be their cumbersome operation. Designed to handle complex workflows and tasks across departments and positions, it’s imperative that they be user-friendly. Therefore, it isn’t surprising how companies are willingly investing in … Read more