Hi Folks, how is it going? I’m Lucas Teixeira, a UI and UX Designer, but what does “UI/UX” means, you might is asking for yourself? And why should you know about it?
Well, lets first start talking about UX. This slang means “User Experience” ( you can also find some texts saying UXD or UED), that is a broad term used to explain all aspects of a person’s experience with the system, including the interface, graphics, industrial design, physical interaction, and the manual. The term specifically “User Experience” came in to existence in early 90’s with the proliferation of computers at work places. It was Donald Norman, User Experience Architect, who coined and brought this term to wider knowledge.[4] The term also has a more recent connection to user-centered design, Human-Computer Interaction, and principles and also incorporates elements from similar user-centered design fields. User Experience also refers to the application of user-centered design practices to generate cohesive, predictive and desirable designs based on holistic consideration of users’ experience. In most cases, User Experience Design fully encompasses traditional Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) design, and extends it by addressing all aspects of a product or service as perceived by users.
UX is something anyone can do. The problem is not everyone can do it well. I can undertake the visual design for a website, but I guarantee you that it will look dreadful and unprofessional.
If you learn nothing else about UX I ask you to remember these two things.
– Know thy user.
– You are not the user (in most cases).
If you don’t know your user base, their habits and tendencies, and why they do or do not perform certain actions, then you can’t be expected to design a good experience for them. Even if you are very similar to your users, remember that you are only one person and that does not define the qualities of your user base as a whole. Get to know your users and design the experience with them in mind. The role of a UXer is to have that knowledge, constantly expand it, and then design with those users in mind, crafting amazing experiences that will delight and fulfill them, people like facility and comfortability, then use your creative to develop somethings with this principles.
About UI ( User Interface ) Design, is the design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user’s experience and interaction. The goal of user interface design is to make the user’s interaction as simple and efficient as possible, in terms of accomplishing user goals—what is often called user-centered design. Good user interface design facilitates finishing the task at hand without drawing unnecessary attention to itself. Graphic design may be utilized to support its usability. The design process must balance technical functionality and visual elements to create a system that is not only operational but also usable and adaptable to changing user needs.
User Interface Design should organize purposefully, in meaningful and useful ways based on clear, consistent models that are apparent and recognizable to users, putting related things together and separating unrelated things, differentiating dissimilar things and making similar things resemble one another. The structure principle is concerned with overall user interface architecture.
With these explanations, we can define that UI and UX is who has specif skills to build a web applications/interactions, some one that understand different flows from page to page, wireframes, design icons, form designs, creative interactions, and create a great experience for different kinds of users.
Now that you know that, let’s start to do it! Browse around, take a peek at some good ui/ux web pages design, like a facebook, twitter, netflix, etc, use these good principles and always remember to make something usable.
And if you have some questions or comments, please dont hesite to share with me!
Let’s Desgin!!
sources:
– http://www.wikipedia.org/
– http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/
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