The Difference Between UI And UX Design

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The Difference Between UI And UX Design

UI Design stands for user interface design, while UX Design stands for user experience design. These two terms are confusing in web design and smart application design because most of the people think that they have the same meaning which is not correct. In fact, these two terms are different as they mainly depend on the user’s focus. Some of the users will focus on the appearance UI, while others will focus on the experience they will perform.

What is UI Design?

User interface design (UI Design) is anything that the user may interact with when using a digital product or service such as software, websites, operating systems, applications, etc. in a simple and effective way without complications.

The main tasks in the user interface design
Visual design side Interactivity design side
Customer analysis The design responds to different devices
Various design research User interface models
Brand development and graphics Interaction with the animation
User’s Manual Ability of implementation

How to create a perfect user interface design?

A perfect user interface is designed with a focus on 6 main factors which are:

  • Color scheme
  • Layout
  • Visual design
  • Typography
  • Prototype
  • Content

What is UX Design?

User Experience Design (UX) is the process of enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty by improving usability, ease of use, and enjoyment provided in customer-product interaction. The user experience is not a technical or digital thing. In fact, the UX has developed after the improvements in the UI. When there is something users interact with, their experience changes their, whether this experience is positive, negative, or neutral.

The main tasks in the user experience design
Strategy and content side Structural diagrams and Prototypes side Implementation and analysis side
Competitors analysis Product structural diagrams Preparing the user interface design
Customer analysis Simple prototypes Developing the user interface design
Product strategy Product testing Following and tracking goals
Product content development Product plan development Analyzing and monitoring

How to create a perfect user experience design?

Perfect user experience is designed with a focus on 6 main factors which are:

  • Useful
  • Desirable
  • Credible
  • Findable
  • Useable
  • Accessible

The differences between the user interface design and the user experience design:

The user experience design focuses on the factors affecting the user’s journey in the application or website, while the user interface design focuses on the design of the web site or application.

User interface design is the main way by which the customers or visitors reach what they want, but the user experience design is the feeling that the customers or visitors get from reaching what they want.

The user experience design has to focus on concepts and effects, but the user interface design has to focus on physical elements.

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