UI Design, more often known as User Interface Design is the process of designing any appliance or software with the motive of fulfilling user’s expectation in case of interaction. The main purpose behind implementing UI design is to lessen user’s trouble while interaction, making it simple and efficient as possible. A good UI design is an outcome of balanced technical functionality and visual elements which are together embedded to create a system that is adaptable to any changing user needs.
UI design has reached almost all the industries today, ranging from computer systems to car accessories. As to attend the growing requirements of UI design in the market, designers need to specialize in certain types of projects and gather skills around their expertise.
It’s no great mystery that good user interfaces are the ones that stays away from distracting the users. Good user interfaces are the ones that help you reach the users essence quite easily. Fundamentals of good User Interfaces are noted below:
Know the target user: users’ needs and demands are yours now. Restart, repeat and implement them. Analyze users’ skills and experiences and also their needs. Their interfaces need to be analyzed thoroughly to achieve their desired goals
Analyze their patterns: There is no need of reinventing a new wheel, as users are already used to their old interfaces. Implementing those interfaces with the new one that you would create may answer many of the users’ queries.
Consistency: “The more users’ expectations prove right, the more they will feel in control of the system and the more they will like it.”---- Jacob Nielson. Users need to be assured of the consistency that once they learnt o do something, they would be able to do it again and again.
Enhance visual hierarchy: Designers should be able to implement visual patterns in such a manner as if they could weave normalcy out of chaos. Interface should be designed in a manner so that user can focus on what is most important. A clear and prominent hierarchy would reduce appearance of complexity to a large extent.
Appreciate users’ language: Designing is one such hemisphere where every icon, every pixel and every face matters. The interfaces implemented need to be conversational at times, too much sensational is obsolete. Clear and concise labels should be implemented and messaging be kept simple.
It is rightly believed that development of User Interfaces calls for failure first. When creating UI, mistakes are complimentary. But the perfect interface is just there within the process of err and learn.
For more information, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface_design
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