Clarity vs. Style [UI]
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Clarity vs. Style [UI]
Interaction design generally includes the underlying conceptual models (e.g., a photo management application may have photos, albums, projects), task flows, and control layouts to manipulate those concepts. Visual design includes composition, typography, and how the visual brand is expressed.
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
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)
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.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
This “undulant interface” was made by John Underkoffler. The heresy implicit within is the premise that the user, not the system, gets to define what is most important at any given moment; where to place the jeweler’s loupes for more detail, and where to show only a simple overview, within one consistent interface.
LN 038: Semantic zoom
@john_lam @simonw Reminds me of this Joel Spolsky anecdote "the gridlines are the most important feature of Excel" that I've never forgotten https://t.co/ygM8xxm8tw... See more