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Preface

Another day, another guidepost from Kodework. Today’s post will cover some of the most commonly asked questions about mobile app design. We, at Kodework truly believe in educating our readers, so that you understand the basics of mobile app development, through this mobile app design guide.

We are able to post a mobile app guide like this because we work with reputable clients around the world. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, this guide benefits everyone.

Looking for a smart re-branded website design to attract more leads? What about user-friendly mobile app design? Call +91 750 620 3013 or write to support@kodework.com, to get in touch with our team of experienced web developers.

1. Introduction

Mobile app design involves the interaction between the user and a mobile device. Being a mobile development company, we are obliged to cover topics ranging from mobile UI design, basic steps when designing a mobile app, best practices for mobile app design and a look at different mobile screens.

This post won’t cover queries such as,

“What does a mobile app design agency do?”

“What are the types of mobile app design templates?”

“Which is the best mobile app design tool?”

“What is the meaning of motion UI design?”,

We will cover all the above-mentioned questions on Kodework’s subsequent posts.

We would love to gain some feedback from you as to how we can make this post even better.

Feel free to communicate with us in the comment box below. We are a bunch of passionate mobile and software professionals who build interactive and compelling mobile apps. We want to learn and teach.

2. What is the meaning of mobile UI design?

When you swipe through your smartphone, checking out apps that you probably can’t interact without, you are technically paying homage to a UI UX designer somewhere who visualized you doing just that.

Mobile UI design focuses on how a user can interact with a smartphone or tablet’s mobile applications. It tries to lay in order all the content, features and functions. Mobile UI design is different from web UI design. To better understand web UI design, check out this guide to web UI design.

Mobile UI design is bounded to touch screen controls and smaller screen sizes. This means that every mobile UI designer needs to work under these constraints to ensure consistency, readability, and usability.

Controls are usually hidden until acted upon to be revealed. Symbols are used more as there is not enough space to display text labels. Mobile UI design

Even if your mobile UI is great, an abysmal UX can reduce a mobile application to a decent one. Mobile users nowadays expect a mobile app with quick-loading, easy usage, and smooth interaction.

3. What are the best practices for mobile UI design?

Adopting the best practices for effective mobile designs is every mobile app designer’s objective. Some practices that work best are:

Ensure the content window size is maximized. The user interface should not dominate the small screen size. Remember, that content and apps need to be facilitated foremost.

The mobile app layout, its commands, content should all be suited to the mobile operating system’s colours, composition, and placement. Consistency is key, as the user should not be wasting time in understanding the interface.

Commands or controls within the design should not overwhelm the user. The content displayed on the app must be clear for viewing or interacting. Likewise, click points cannot be too narrow or small. This can lead to unwanted clicking of neighbouring elements.

Mobile UI Design Tutorial by Tuts+

4. What are some tips to keep in mind when designing a mobile app?

A question that gets asked repeatedly. Designing a mobile application involves more than simply deciding what colours or font go into the app.

Here are some general steps that UI and UX designers need to follow are:

Mobile app developers need to understand who will be using the app. Understanding users is the first step. This research will include studying the target audience.

Is the app solving any problems? Is the mobile app improving the user’s lifestyle in any way? What are the app’s technical capabilities?

Next, look at the app features. Which features would suit a particular set of users? The app must be a useful tool instead of an application that promises but doesn’t deliver.

“If it’s not an iOS app, then Android app design works best”. Don’t think like that. Find out if there are enough users within your target user base with Android smartphones.

Understand the different operating system versions. Understand the app specifics and device types.

A mobile app that does not abide by strong mobile app design principles will fail. The competition is fierce for any product app. Avoid any UI feature surprises. Ensure the UI is user-friendly, responsive and intuitive.

Make sure the app takes advantage of the complete screen space. Position the elements within a natural hierarchy. Keep in mind user navigation and place only relevant elements. Think how would a right-handed user operate? Are the elements within reach of their respective thumbs?

Make sure you take in to account usability and readability when deciding on colours, styles, icons, buttons, and fonts. Are the fonts visible over different resolutions? Keep colours contrasting to differentiate one element from another. Avoid clutter, always.

Most users are already familiar with how mobile apps function. Avoid confronting them with UI elements that don’t behave the way they expect it to. Whenever possible, make use of built-in devices and standard controls.

Also remember device constraints such as screen size, memory, storage, processor speed, battery life. Not all handsets possess the same specs. For enterprise mobile apps, data is the priority. Understand how push notifications work. Allow users to rate the app.

The content should be user-focused and clear. If an element is not intuitive, provide simple instructions.

Consider data management within the app carefully. Will user data be made available as an online service? How will the app connect to WiFi? How will it react to a lack of connectivity?

What steps are being taken to safeguard the user’s data? How will the app address security issues such as authorization and authentication? Turn to virtual private networks, TLS and SSL encryption, to ensure security mechanisms are in place.

Test your app well. Appreciate user feedback and work on it to improve your application’s flaws.

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5. Which are the different types of mobile screens?

A top mobile app development service must be willing to deep dive into understanding the practicality of the mobile app design. The 7 essential mobile app screens are:

1. Splash Screen

A mobile app splash screen is the mobile app’s first impression of a new user. It is an app screen that loads the moment a user opens the mobile app. As a result, the mobile app design needs to be minimalistic for a splash screen.

The name of the app, the mobile app logo, and the app slogan are what one sees over the splash screen. To ensure that the splash screen does what it does best, any top mobile app design agency will place the elements in the middle of the screen.

The screen appears for a maximum of 8 seconds. The app loading progress bar keeps impatient users informed of the impending app launch happening soon.

2. Home Screen

The mobile app home screen is an important part of any mobile application. It is the user interaction screen usually containing the most options of the handy mobile app.

They are designed based on the type of product and purpose. Sometimes mobile apps are built with the main screen wherein a search field is provided. This allows users to easily search, and navigate towards the content they want to reach.

Home screens are generally the starting point to a user’s journey, as a result, navigation elements are placed here.

3. Onboarding Screen

The app onboarding tutorial screens are a set of screens that help users learn about the mobile app’s navigation system, benefits, and features. First-time launchers of the app are oriented with features that could be unfamiliar to them.

The structure of every app is different, but despite this, there are common mobile UI design elements among various onboarding screens. One familiar feature is that of custom illustrations.

These illustrations portray a specific benefit in an easy-to-understand way. A mascot (for setting an emotional bond with users) is quite common among different mobile banking apps.

4. Login Screen

Almost every mobile app allows users to create their personal accounts. This means every app design agency in India or anywhere, must know how to work with login screens. These login screens are minimalistic and to the point.

Two fields – Name and Password, are provided with a singular ‘Confirmation’ button. For first time users of the app, there must also be a sign-up option.

5. Stats Screen

Mobile apps with user engagement involving competitions or contests are provided with a stats screen. The mobile app template can get complex if there’s a high amount of data present on the app.

Therefore, good mobile app testing helps compress as much key data on the screen, while not making it look too cluttered. Stats screen requires clean typography so that the data can be read clearly.

6. Ecommerce App Screens

Ecommerce mobile apps are built with a ‘catalogue screen’. Mobile UI design for Ecommerce apps must focus on selling a product. A catalogue screen is created based on grabbing the user/consumer’s attention, encouraging him/her to buy the product.

A vertical scroll allows the user to view the product categories. The width of the screen determines the number of products to be placed in a row. High-quality images let the user see what he/she is buying. A CTA (call-to-action) button, allows users to add products to their cart.

The ‘product card screen’ allows users to know what they are buying. The card screen displays key information about the product, thus helping the user to make a decision. The product image is placed at the centre, under which, the product description is mentioned.

The checkout screen lets users make purchases in-app via smartphones. As a result, mobile UI designing needs to make this process convenient.

The final step is checkout. Visual elements must be cleverly added here to let the user know that his/her shared information (such as name, contact number, card details, etc.) is secure.

7. Feed Screen

The ‘feed screen’ is a constantly updating list of news that is followed by users. Users usually scan through the list quickly, preferring to open only those links which they want to read.

As a result, mobile UI design is paramount. The overloading of visual details is a big no. A great tip would be to partially show the next piece of news.

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6. What’s the difference between web apps and native apps?

You can differentiate a good app from a bad one is through its user experience (UX). A good UX can separate the good ones from the excellent ones.

Mobile users expect a lot from an app. Faster load time, easy usage, and engaging interaction elements; all make for a successful mobile app.

This doesn’t mean that a web app needs to be less intuitive. Web apps are different from websites. A website usually offers more information. Web apps condense website content to improve the app’s functionality.

A web app loads in browsers such as Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. They need not be downloaded from native mobile app stores. Web apps also don’t take up too much storage space on the user’s device.

A web app lets you offer mobile-friendly content to wider user audiences. Web applications are cost-effective. Users nowadays expect a high-level of functionality standards and user-experience.

Web apps fall short in this regard. Slow load times, tiny images and network un-availability can hinder web app performance.

6.1. How can we build a web app?

Web apps are built in HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS within a web browser. There is no software development kit that developers use here. Web app templates are developed, that is straightforward. A native app trumps in features and functionality, compared to a web app.

6.2. What are the advantages of web apps?

Web apps are easy to maintain. They use a base of common code that works across multiple mobile platforms. Web apps are built for all platforms, as long as they run in the appropriate web browser. Web apps are inexpensive to build, as compared to native apps.

Web apps don’t adhere to operating system protocols. They also, don’t need any app marketplace approval. They can be released at any time, in any format. Updates to web applications don’t go through an app store. This means a user doesn’t need to manage updates manually. A newer version always loads when a user opens a web app.

6.3. What are the disadvantages of web apps?

Web apps are restricted by the smaller scope for leveraging device hardware. A browser is needed to run a web app. Users interact with multiple web browsers, and hence, performance metrics are hard to collate. A user needs to go through more steps to search a page or access a URL. This complicates the UX.

Web apps are slower and less responsive, as compared to native apps.

They are less interactive and less intuitive.

Web apps allow fewer branding opportunities.

6.4. What are native mobile apps?

Native mobile apps are the commonly used ones. They are developed for specific platforms and written in platform-specific languages. If its Objective-C for native iOS apps, then it is Kotlin and Java for Android mobile apps. Native apps are built for the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for select operating systems.

Both Google and Apple provide native app developers with their custom development kit. This kit also includes a custom SDK and tools. The benefits offered by native apps far supersede those of other app types.

6.5. What are the advantages of native apps?

Native apps deliver great performance in all three development approaches. This is because:

Native apps receive strong support from app stores marketplaces

Native apps are interactive and run smoothly

They allow developers access to a full feature set

The UX of native apps is superior to hybrid or web apps

6.6. What are the disadvantages of native apps?

The biggest disadvantage is the cost of developing native mobile apps. Although, they offer a personalized product, higher conversion rates, and longer customer loyalty; their cost balloons.

Native apps make use of complex programming languages

Their expenses are costly and upfront as compared to web apps

They are not the best option for simpler applications

6.7. What is a progressive web app?

A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a hybrid between a native app and a web app. Web apps do not come with native app functionalities such as offline mode or push notifications.

PWAs leverages the features of native apps and allow web apps to send push notifications, engage using touch gestures and access device hardware.

Surprisingly, PWAs are only compatible with Google Chrome. iOS users can’t avail the benefits of PWAs.

7. Which are some of the most popular mobile apps in India?

Tata Sky Mobile App

SBI Mobile App

My Mobile App

Shareit Mobile App

Mobile Tracker App

Axis Bank App

IRCTC Rail Connect App

Voter Helpline App

All-in-one Recharge App

ICICI Bank i-mobile App

Canara Bank CANDI App

HDFC Banking App

PUBG App

Hotstar App

BHIM UPI App

About

Kodework

Kodework is India’s top UI UX design company. Our team of experienced UI/UX designers work with clients all over the world to simplify human-screen interactions. We pride ourselves on delivering seamless user interface design, user experience design, mobile UI design, dashboard design and web design.

When it comes to employing the best UI UX designers in the country, Kodework leads the way. We are the top company for career growth. For our clients, we deliver business growth & brand building via UX UI prototyping tools, design techniques, adopting the latest UI/UX trends and turning UI/UX needs to successful case studies.

The Kodework UI UX blog covers topics, such as UI UX prototyping, usability, architecture, interaction, process, research, styles, news, trends, tips, strategies, successful case studies etc.

Kodework works with Nordic Intent, Creometric, Ninestack and Fathamster Studio to serve B2B, B2C and B2E customers’ needs.

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Business Process Outsourcing has been a hot topic for over a decade. More often than not, we see BPOs as an industry made up of multinationals and large corporations who can afford to have a presence in other countries, but the reality is that outsourcing can be much simpler, but more importantly, more cost-effective than that. In fact, there are a number of startups and small businesses who have cut their teeth through outsourcing, both in working with offshore companies or handling international clients. Examples of this can be seen in the success of local IT businesses in India such as Kodework, NineStack, and even us here at Creometric.

So why are major companies willing to outsource their work to offshore companies like us. Well, the answer is simple.

1. Reasonable and flexible pricing

The main reason is the significant cost-saving that comes with employing offshore companies.  This is due mainly to the massive gap that exists between personnel costs in India and that of the developed countries. The flexibility in pricing and custom packages in India is also a significant attraction for many offshore organizations.

2. High-Quality Solutions

Consistency in quality of service and solutions offered by the Indian outsourcing companies is also another crucial and significant factor that has enabled India to emerge as the leading outsourcing hub. The quality and talent seen in the Indian IT sector, even in states as small as Goa, is remarkable.

3. Talent with language proficiency

Following from the previous point, it is no stretch to say that India is home to the world’s largest technical and industrial talent pool. India has a population of close to 1.4 billion, with millions of graduates coming up to join as qualified and an upskilled workforce every year. Additionally, India is the largest English speaking country in the world, which is another highly favourable factor for India.

4. Conducive IT policies by the Government of India

The Indian Government (along with many of its state Governments) are constantly developing favourable IT policies with regards to taxation, economy, GDP growth, power, telecom, industrial parks and special zones etc. IT is amongst the top 5 industries in India, and the government has come up with progressive schemes and policies to bring optimum benefit from IT outsourcing to India. This has been extremely beneficial, especially for IT startups. Companies like Nordic Intent who specialise in acceleration and business incubation are a prime example of this.

5. Timely and transparent delivery of solutions

The time difference can be seen as a disadvantage, but here in India it can be very beneficial and is the major factor in enabling Indian outsourcing companies to deliver solutions quickly and professionally. Foreign clients such as those in the US or Canada can meet through the day, and assign work to their offshore partners in India knowing that it’s the start of the workday here, which means by the time they are back to work the next day, the assigned tasks are completed. This saves a lot of time, and we all know, time equals money.

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Preface

Welcome to probably the best guide to UI UX design on the internet. This carefully crafted piece will answer all your queries with regards to user interface design, and user experience design.

We can educate our readers about UI UX design because this is what we do. We work with reputable clients, across the world, providing them with seamless UI UX design solutions. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, this guide benefits everyone.

Looking for a smart re-branded website design to attract more leads? What about user-friendly mobile app design? Call +91 750 620 3013 or write to support@kodework.com, for getting in touch with our team of experienced web developers.

Let’s get down to it!

1. Introduction

Readers who search for a guide to UI UX design, don’t even know what separates the two. We hope to keep these UI UX definitions, processes and principles, concise.

This post won’t cover questions such as,

“What does colour purity mean  in UI design?”

“How does a UI developer work?”

“What does motion UI design mean?”

“Why is schedule UI design mean?”

We will cover all the above-mentioned questions on Kodework’s subsequent posts.

In case, you wish to pursue UI/UX designing as a profession, this UI UX blog post will come in handy. We would love to gain some feedback from you as to how we can make this post better.

Feel free to communicate with us in the comments below. We are a bunch of passionate, UI/UX professionals who build interactive and compelling UI/UX designs.

So, let’s get started.

2. What is ‘User Interface’ or ‘UI’ design?

An ‘interface’ is an interaction between two systems. So, a ‘user interface’ is an interaction between a system and a user.

Two common types of UIs or user interfaces exist:

One is a Command Line Interface (CLI) – that contains only text, which is mostly worked upon by programmers.

The other is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which includes menus, icons, windows, and engaging imagery. As this is a UI/UX design blog post, we will stick primarily to GUI and its principles.

‘User Interface Design’ is a method or discipline wherein user interfaces are designed for software and machines. This UI software designed could be for mobile devices, home appliances, electronics and of course, computers.

UI design focuses on fostering excellent user experience, through aesthetics, responsiveness, and usability. Typography and colours are the essential pillars of UI design. UI design combines visual design (look and feel) and interaction design (usability).

“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good”

– Martin LeBlanc

2.1 What does a UI designer do?

A UI designer takes care of the interface and how it reflects your brand’s identity. This reflection is visible on any of Kodework’s website designs. The look-and-feel, the style quotient and the use of colours will be according to your company’s brand guidelines.

These are then converted to UI elements. There can be instances when a UI designer and a UX designer are the same people.

A UI designer’s job is to break down hard-to-understand design structures to a format that is convenient to the end-user. Both UX and UI designers work together in providing the user with a flawless web experience. UI designers must first understand the goal and objectives of the design. Making use of their skills, they need to then create engaging mobile UI or web applications for the user. Translating user objectives to functionalities is what a UI designer does best.

A top UI design agency employs a dedicated team of UI designers who apply their analytical minds. From product development until the design goes live, every process is catered to systematically. Take, for example, the design process at Kodework, which is probably the best UI design agency in India. Why do we call ourselves the best? It’s because we work on multiple projects in parallel, wherein each project is carefully attended to by a dedicated UI/UX team.

Our UI design specialists engage with our clients to gather essential project information. Our UI design experts then get a high-level understanding of the requirement. This is then used to create a UI design plan. This final UI/UX design solution is provided to a satisfied client.

2.2 What are the primary UI design components?

To keep things simple, we are only focusing on the five key UI design components.

1. Visual Design

In simple words, visual design makes the design more appealing and engaging. This is accomplished by engaging your website or app’s audience with conceptual art or web-based design.

Again, simplifying further, visual design makes the UX better with the help of layouts, space management, photography, and illustrations.

2. Colours

Colours are quintessential in UI design. Why? Because we are receptive to colours. We have a mental association with meanings and emotions.

Branding is heavily benefited when choosing colours. Colours help associate a UI design to your brand.

3. Graphic Design

User interface design benefits greatly from graphic design. This is because graphic design is majorly responsible for combining motion graphics, images, and text.

Graphic design hinges on brand guidelines. A graphic designer produces great visuals, keeping in mind what the user would find appealing.

4. Mockup

A mockup is a full-size model of your UI design. It is an excellent design element because it allows the design to be promoted and evaluated. Mockups are based heavily on visual details.

5. Typography

It’s the driving force in all aspects of communication art. Typography is a science that aims to deliver an easily readable copy for your readers. Excellent typography should:

Be structured in an understandable hierarchy

Work in various sizes

Be compatible with different letter-forms

Kodework UI Tip: Avoid excessive scrolling. A user has other things to do.

2.3 What are the different UI prototypes?

The interaction between a user and an interface is simulated via software prototyping. Discussing UI software prototypes are important because they come with a list of digital tools.

We will get into a list of the best UI prototyping tools in another blog post. For now, all you need to know are the most important UI software prototypes.

1. Paper UI prototyping

Paper prototyping involves sketches that are made on paper, during the ideation stage of UI design. The design team communicates with each other and all possible ideas are sketched on a paper.

2. Low-fidelity UI prototyping

Unlike high-fidelity prototyping, this one is a much rawer representation of ideas. They are rough representations of concepts that are perceived during early design processes.

Design teams use this prototyping software to validate early concepts in the design process.

3. High-fidelity UI prototyping

Also called Interactive Prototyping, it is a computer-based prototyping process that requires specialized resources and skills. It provides the closest resemblance to the final version in terms of detailing.

4. Rapid UI prototyping

This prototyping process must slot in-between Low and High-fidelity prototyping. It is based on user research, with UI designers quickly iterating solutions to solve a problem.

The high number of digital prototyping tools for user research allows it to solve problems rapidly.

5. HTML UI prototyping

This prototype is developed using HTML (Hyper-text Markup Language). It is minimal in appearance, with no style choices.

As it is already code-written, it enters into the UI design coding stage faster.

2.4 What are some key UI principles?

Most UI design tutorials won’t cover this important UI aspect. A good UI designer will always follow the following 6 key user interface design principles:

1. Structured

Every UI design model must be recognizable, consistent and clear. Similar design aspects should always resemble one another. The unrelated aspects should be separated.

2. Simple

The UI design must make common tasks look easy. The design must communicate clearly in the user’s language. Shortcuts, if provided in the design, should be cleverly related to longer procedures.

3. Reusable

The UI design should always reuse internal and external components well. Consistency should be maintained with purpose and not just for convenience.

4. Flexible

UI designs should be flexible enough to avoid misuse and mistakes.

5. Visible

There should be no redundant information visible on UI designs. Options, if provided, shouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb.

6. Feedback

All relevant actions provided over the design must be informed to the user. Errors or exceptions must be displayed clearly.

2.5 What are some useful UI design techniques?

Before we look at what are some useful UI techniques, we need to understand that a UI technique is a combination of software and hardware elements. They provide a way for users to get a task accomplished. The examples for this are pressing a key, mouse gestures, clicking a button or activating speech commands.

We won’t cover every technique out there but do mention some important ones.

1. Keyboard shortcuts

UI designers work on making interactive and responsive user interfaces. A great way to use this technique is via navigation or keyboard shortcuts. This allows users to easily get their work done while improving workflow.

2. Advertising features

Sometimes you need to do more than just present a user with a landing page. UI designers always try to outline every application feature. This can be smartly incorporated through a ‘help’ section of the website or application. Not all users would know about every feature on your website. These tips within the application itself will help.

3. Colour-coded content

Using a colour-coded list makes perfect sense. An application UI design could require you to show files, tasks or messages over the home page. If all these items are shown together in one list, it might look confusing. Colour coding helps users to visually distinguish between elements.

Simply place the text label within a coloured box. The choice of colour should not be random. It should be one colour assigned to each function or list.

4. Sign-up forms

The longer a sign-up form, the more time and effort a visitor exerts. A UI design with a quick signing up process speeds up user on-boarding. A UI designer must remove any wanted elements from the form. The optional details can be taken out later.

2.6 What is a UI flow or UI process?

Every UI process consists of 6 key stages or phases. They are:

1. UI design strategy

Nothing beats formulating an initial UI strategy. It prepares the foundation for brand guiding principles and gauging the vision of the website/app. The goals of the project are set. Success measurement and overall project road-map are formulated at this stage.

2. UI design research

Also referred to as the discovery stage, the research phase is not fixed for all projects. A major project will include an exhaustive research process. A smaller project will only make use of surveys or interviews as research activities.

The research phase is also at times skipped to cut down on project run time.

3. UI design analysis

The design analysis phase makes use of data insights from the research phase. These insights help UI designers to focus on capturing and organizing key UI design areas.

4. UI design phase

The design phase combines inputs from UI/UX team members. Ideas and assumptions are validated through an iterative cycle. User feedback, collected from previous phases, aid a UI designer to refine and repeat them.

These ideas can be worked on either through wireframes or paper prototypes.

5. UI production phase

This phase includes the creation of content and digital assets. This version is then validated via user testing sessions. UI designers then need to share the vision of the project with developers to bring the design to a seamlessly workable state.

3. What is user experience or UX design?

UX or User Interface design is the process of creating systems, services or products that provide a meaningful experience to its users. UX combines aspects of usability, function, branding, and design itself. Also included are aspects of product ownership and human-computer interaction.

A fantastic UX design helps users to accomplish their goals when browsing through your website or mobile application. It does not just focus on usability but also user efficiency and user moods. UX design is heavily user-centred, which means the type of UX design is based on the type of user.

A UX designer’s role is challenging, complex and multi-faceted. They aim to connect business goals to user needs. This is done via testing and refinement of the product/application.

3.1 What does a UX designer do?

A UX designer looks after users who would normally be your website leads. The UX designer’s job is to help improve the company or agency’s overall business metrics. Some of these metrics include improving CTR and getting conversions.

A UX designer must focus on creating personas, creating interactive prototypes, indulge in user research and create wireframes. The research being conducted then yields a working structure, which helps layout engaging user stories to tell.

A UX designer must likewise, also look at how to prevent users from bouncing off of your website. A UX designer should have a thorough understanding of user psychology and user behaviour. Also, he/she must analyze business patterns and have a command over interface ergonomics.

UX designers think of the ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’ of the design.

The ‘what’, looks at what a user can do via the web or app design. The questions that a UX designer needs to address include:

What are some of the key features of your design?

What is the user looking for on your website or application?

The ‘why’ covers user motivation. It includes answering to queries posed, such as:

Why does the user relate to your app or web design?

Will users spend a lot of time learning or understanding the design?

Are all the design features offered necessary to the user?

Finally, the ‘how’ of the design addresses design aesthetics and accessibility. Generally, UX designers start by addressing the ‘why’. This is followed by focusing on the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of the design. The questions that need addressing here are:

How must the content be placed over the website or application?

How easy is the navigation? Is it too confusing or lengthy?

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved”

– Charles Kettering

3.2 What are the key UX design principles?

Any UX design objective can be completed if the following 6 user experience design principles are followed:

1. Visual design

This includes the design elements such as look and feel, colours, and overall visual representation

2. Interaction design

Here, the design flow is facilitated based on user tasks. Every aspect of how the user is interacting with the functionality is looked at.

3. Information design

How can the information on your design be understood by the user? Is the information displayed in the right order? These questions get answered here

4. Functional design

Every detail with regards to UX design functionality is defined here. These functional specifications must be presented based on user needs.

5. User needs

There are user derived goals that are identified via user research.

6. Design objectives

There could different objectives for UX design. Sometimes the goal of the website or application could be the generation of leads or a creative outlet altogether.

3.3 What are the stages/phases in a UX design process?

The UX design process for a web application is different compared to that of Android UI design. Despite this, the 8 most commonly followed UX design process stages are:

1. UX requirement gathering

In this phase, a list of functional requirements is prepared. This stage commences right after a communicative discovery session with a client is completed.

2. UX task analysis

A design analysis is conducted which will indicate if the design is capable of performing its tasks or not.

3. UX information architecture

This stage covers the information flow through the UI design. During the information architecture phase, we choose what visualization technique to use, the UI interaction style that is needed and select a design pattern.

4. UX prototyping stage

Here, the development of interactive screens, prototypes, wireframes, and mockups takes place.

5. UX usability check

This stage allows UI designers to evaluate prototypes, which will otherwise not be tested on users. It is a stage of heuristic evaluation, cognitive and pluralistic walkthrough.

6. UX usability testing

This UI design testing phase allows designers to find out what a viewer will perceive. This is the phase where several user tasks are tested to check for any errors or problems.

7. UX graphical UI design

The final look and feel of the UI design are conceived at this stage. The various aspects of illustration, photography, typography and problem-solving are tested to decide on the final elements.

8. UX software maintenance

This phase begins after the deployment of the design. Any system upgrades, software bug fixes or changes in features are checked for.

Diff between UI & UX Design – CareerFoundry

3.4 Is UI design greater than UX design?

If you haven’t skipped through the above sections, then you probably know the answer already. However, we will let web developer Dain Miller answer this for you…

“UI is the saddle, the stirrups, and the reign, while UX is the feeling you get while riding the horse”

So, essentially both are crucial. You can find hundreds of examples where one is better than the other, and yet the application or website is great. Just imagine how good the end product would be if both UI and UX are built strongly?

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