User interface design

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User Interface Design focuses on anticipating what users might need to do and ensuring that the interface has elements that are easy to access, understand, and use to facilitate those actions. UI brings together concepts from interaction design, visual design, and information architecture.
Standards have been developed as far back as the 1980s for defining the usability of software products. One of the structural bases has become the IFIP user interface reference model. The model proposes four dimensions to structure the user interface:
  • The input/output dimension (the look)
  • The dialogue dimension (the feel)
  • The technical or functional dimension (the access to tools and services)
  • The organizational dimension (the communication and co-operation support)
What he/she sees and how he/she interacts with it is very important. The UI must be simple and avoid unnecessary elements, also, sometimes is useful to use colors and texture to direct attention of the user. For me the UI is one of the most relevant for the user to decide if he/she likes it or not. If it is ugly, unconsistent or complex the customer will conclude that the software is bad, whether or not the internal processes are a piece of art. Next time you develop a software be sure to put attention to the UI and make a lot of emphasis on the user reactions and opinions to improve your UI.

sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface_design
https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-interface-design.html

User interface design

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User Interface Design focuses on anticipating what users might need to do and ensuring that the interface has elements that are easy to access, understand, and use to facilitate those actions. UI brings together concepts from interaction design, visual design, and information architecture.
Standards have been developed as far back as the 1980s for defining the usability of software products. One of the structural bases has become the IFIP user interface reference model. The model proposes four dimensions to structure the user interface:
  • The input/output dimension (the look)
  • The dialogue dimension (the feel)
  • The technical or functional dimension (the access to tools and services)
  • The organizational dimension (the communication and co-operation support)
What he/she sees and how he/she interacts with it is very important. The UI must be simple and avoid unnecessary elements, also, sometimes is useful to use colors and texture to direct attention of the user. For me the UI is one of the most relevant for the user to decide if he/she likes it or not. If it is ugly, unconsistent or complex the customer will conclude that the software is bad, whether or not the internal processes are a piece of art. Next time you develop a software be sure to put attention to the UI and make a lot of emphasis on the user reactions and opinions to improve your UI.

sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface_design
https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/user-interface-design.html