What is UI?
User interface or UI design indicates aesthetic elements by which people can interact with different kinds of products, such as buttons, icons, menu bars, typography, colors, and more. User experience or UX design stands for giving people the experience when interacting with a product.
User interface or UI design focuses on the appearance and usability of a website, mobile application, software program, and other interactive platforms. For a successful UI designer, it’s important to develop hardware and software skills which mean technical skills, the ability to do teamwork, and also develop interpersonal skills.
Best Practices for Designing an Interface
User-focused UI
This is not to be underestimated or rushed. Time and budget are always necessary considerations in product design. Without any of these, a product would never be shipped. While they are important to the process, it is important not to lose sight of who is actually using the product. Keep your users first and don’t neglect research in the early stages of product planning.
For example, let’s say we’re building a travel app. This travel application allows users to select a vacation period and find deals on flights and hotels within their budget. But it’s not just the default travel site. It connects to your Facebook account, works its magic and plans the top five vacations based on the content you share. The user selects the vacation plan that he likes the most and all the details are taken care of
Design hierarchy
With design patterns, having an established design hierarchy does wonders for UI consistency. Whether users know it or not, they instinctively pay attention to the order and priority of the elements they interact with.
When it comes to images and the human eye, some elements take precedence over others (larger sizes, bright colors, etc.), depending on how “remarkable” they are. Think of the images on your screen in terms of what people will see first, second, third, etc. This allows UX designers to ensure that users find core features faster than others, but can also present secondary and tertiary features with proper attention.
Branding elements
Stay consistent with the overall brand. When it comes to the brand, the typography, logo, appropriate image, follow the brand color scheme, are mandatory, as the design needs to reflect the application of the brand’s property. When the design is occurring, the style guide usually provides the information that is needed for the design. Make sure that the logo is correct? Color is matching the brand color scheme etc.
Typography
Stay consistent with the overall brand. The correct typography, logo, image styles, brand color schemes, etc. must be reflected in the application, just like the rest of the brand properties Is the correct logo being used? Are the brand colors consistent? Does the typeface match the others? With the help of Brand consistency, new projects feel like part of the brand family. All the information is given by the Style guides.
Components
As the user searches, learn about UI patterns and their components. Knowing how each component behaves, inside and outside the model, UX allows designers to correctly prioritize all elements on the screen without anything slipping through the cracks.
“Ingredient” refers to any number of elements that make up a pattern, such as:
1. buttons
2. cards
3. Forms
4. Menus
5. paintings
6. progress bars
Let’s say you’re considering adding pagination to long lists so the user doesn’t have to scroll away with long lists.
While checking the grids, you notice that one of the lists has pagination of 20 or more items, while in another part of the application, the list only has pagination of 40 or more items. Which is correct? This example shows how critical decisions about guidelines are the backbone of UI and UX design consistency.
Templates
If you’re having trouble standardizing your site or app, try using templates.
Most applications allow them, and because the layout and elements look the same, they optimize UI product functionality. Plus, you can reuse the same UI models over and over again, even years later.
So, these are some of the points that are important for designing an Interface. But that’s not all. There are so many ways that are needed to be an User Interface Designer. Learning never have any end point. The more you practice the more you learn. Happy learning. Hope you all have a great day. Please be with us. We will give you some more information and tips for better designing. So be with us. If you find this information please comment, like, share and be with Ecomclips.