Clarity vs. Style [UI]
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Clarity vs. Style [UI]
Lesson #2: Strive for a great UX and a good-enough UISimply put, how things work matters more than how they look. This is especially true in the early stages of a product when you have supportive early adopters.On the other hand, a “good-enough” UI is … good enough, especially since it can be more subjective. For example, color and font schema can ... See more
Every • What I Learned at Clubhouse - Every
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The dominant school of thought when it comes to UI design in tech, at least that I’ve grown up with the past two decades, has centered around removing friction for users in accomplishing whatever it is they’re trying to do while delighting them in the process. The goal has been design that is elegant, in every sense of the word: intuitive, ingeniou... See more
Eugene Wei • Seeing Like an Algorithm — Remains of the Day
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Use language that is appropriate for the target audience. Use meaningful and consistent labeling. Flatten the structure as much as possible. (Keep subcategories to a minimum.) Make it easy to scan. Use colors or iconography as memory aids. Make it clear what is clickable and what is not. Allow users to easily exit, go back, and understand where the
... See moreIrene Pereyra • Universal Principles of UX: 100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology (Rockport Universal)
We usually rely on a mix of spatial memory and well-written labels to find what we need in this kind of interface. But that only goes so far. At some point, we have to find ways to help users navigate apps outside of graphical menu bars, mystery icons in toolbars, and tabbed settings panels.
Maggie Appleton • Command K Bars
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When Victor designs a software interface, he doesn’t do it to deliver functionality — he does it to advance an argument, in much the same way that 20th-century utopian architectural designs were never really intended as functional building plans. Victor’s UI demos are primarily manifestos on the sorry state of computer-assisted thought, framed with... See more
medium.com • The Utopian UI Architect
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We often think making things for the web is a process of simplifying—the hub, the dashboard, the control panel are all dreams of technology that coalesces, but things have a tendency to diverge into a multiplicity of options. We pile on more tools and technology, each one increasingly nuanced and minor in its critical differences. Clearly, converge... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain
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App interfaces that present the appearance of recommendations can be as important as actual recommendations in determining what culture we consume and how we feel about it. Interface design falls under the tech industry label of “user experience”: the micro-interactions that happen as a user navigates, searches, and clicks.