UX stands for User Experience. UX design has two sub topics
- Interaction design - user flow, wireframe
- Visual design - more or less beautification of wireframe. Visual design means user interface design.
Good UX Design
A good UX interface is not only characterized by
appealing aesthetics but is also characterized by the following
criteria.Decluttered Interface
Decluttered Interface
A decluttered interface help in increasing the
aesthetic appeal of the application. It also helps the user in navigating
through various pages of the application easily. By installing such an
interface, you can display more information on each web page, thereby helping
to reduce the footprint of the application on the RAM and storage of the
device.
Limited Information Per Page
While creating a decluttered interface, you must
limit the information that you display per page. Rather than using a fancy
font, it is advisable that you use a simple font that helps you display the
information without straining the user’s eyes. You must not fill every page
with small fonts and a lot of information, rather focus on displaying limited
information with legible font size.
Optimized Workflow Environment
Although the UI design focusses more on the
optimization of the application, UX plays a considerable part. By making sure
that you use compressed images as well as smaller resolution, you can make sure
that the UX does not hinder the performance of the application.
Efficient Use of Device’s Processing Power
A good UX is carefully designed to harness the
processing power of a device efficiently. A bad UX will often slow your device
down by continuously running as a background process. You can make sure that
your UX uses minimum processing power by reducing the number of unnecessary
animations and graphical elements.
Bad UX Design
You can associate the following factors with a bad
UX design.
Clumsy Design
When we talk about a bad UX design, the first thing
that strikes the mind is a clumsy interface design. A clumsy interface points
to a design that is both cluttered as well as slow. We do not associate a
clumsy design with bad aesthetics necessarily. In case you are using the best
available images at the cost of application performance, you need to reassess
your goals.
Excessive RAM Consumption
An excessive RAM and processing power consumption is
the biggest turn off that you can offer to a user. You need to focus on
including elements that require a lesser processing power without compromising
on quality. A simple example for this includes using a 480p image instead of a
1080p or a 240p image. Taking the middle road often helps in balancing the
performance and aesthetics of the application.
Need for Frequent Updates
In case you need to provide frequent updates to your
application’s visual interface, you are developing a bad UX web design. You can
avoid the need for frequent updates by performing intensive testing before the
launch of an application. You must also study the UX design of competitive
applications to get a fair idea about the likes and dislikes of the users.
Applications like WhatsApp and Facebook make minor changes to their UX design
and set the trend in the application market.
Excessive Frame Refresh Rate
An excessive frame refresh consumes a lot of RAM at
the cost of displaying appealing aesthetics. Unless until you are sure of the
fact that users are willing to compromise on device heat up and performance,
you must keep your frame refresh rate to a minimum. Games like Asphalt Airborne
do not focus on device heat up and hence can easily focus on developing an
application with higher frame rates.
By following the steps for a good UX design, you can
make sure that your application performs optimally without compromising on
aesthetic appeal.
