UX

Seminar 1

What is user interface (UI) and discuss UI design process?

Opening one digital application, independently from any platform first contact it is
happening true the user interface it is the access door to that application
concentrating on how the app is look and it is own style. The most common UI it is
the GUI interface however other interfaces like command line interface, menu driven
interfaces, touch screen GUI.
The user interface (UI) is a critical part of any software product. When it’s done well,
users don’t even notice it. When it’s done poorly, users can’t get past it to efficiently
use a product. To increase the chances of success when creating user interfaces,
most designers follow interface design principles. Interface design principles
represent high-level concepts that are used to guide software design.
Bringing psychology and technology together is at the heart of UX design because
UX is people.

Discuss following UI design principles

UI design process include multiple department it is a teamwork, and it is a story

telling process which involve a close connection between the UI designer and the
end user. The process first step is information gathering, study the end user
interaction with the app which will result in the first prototype designed on the paper.
The prototype it is presented to the client and reviewed followed by a real prototype.
After a second evaluation together with the and user it will be materialising in a
executable prototype which will and in a final UI.

Memory load or reduce cognitive load

Minimize memory load

A key rule for making user interfaces easy for people to use is minimizing cognitive
load. Cognitive load (or memory load) can reduce a user's capacity to perform
important tasks, so it's critical that computers take over the burden of memory from
them as much as they can.
How can we do?
Don’t ask users for data they’ve already entered
Don’t force users to have to repeat data they’ve previously entered. Users are easily
annoyed by tedious data-entry sequences, especially when they have provided all
the required information before. Good UI performs a maximum of work while
requiring a minimum amount of information from users.
Avoid jargon and system-oriented terms
When designing a product, it’s important to use language that is easy to read and
understand. The system should speak the user’s language, with words, phrases, and
concepts familiar to the user, rather than jargon or system-oriented terms.

Efficiency

What is UI efficiency?
Summary: Two of the most fundamental usability metrics are learnability (the user's
ability to use a new design they have not seen before) and efficiency (the speed
with which people do tasks after they have learned the interface)
Amazon efficiencies pillars
The performance efficiency pillar focuses on the efficient use of computing resources
to meet requirements, and how to maintain efficiency as demand changes and
technologies evolve.
The following design principles can help you achieve and maintain efficient
workloads in the cloud.
Democratize advanced technologies: Make advanced technology
implementation easier for your team by delegating complex tasks to your cloud
vendor. Rather than asking your IT team to learn about hosting and running a new
technology, consider consuming the technology as a service. For example, NoSQL
databases, media transcoding, and machine learning are all technologies that
require specialized expertise. In the cloud, these technologies become services that
your team can consume, allowing your team to focus on product development rather
than resource provisioning and management.
Go global in minutes: Deploying your workload in multiple AWS Regions around
the world allows you to provide lower latency and a better experience for your
customers at minimal cost.
Use serverless architectures: Serverless architectures remove the need for you to
run and maintain physical servers for traditional compute activities. For example,
serverless storage services can act as static websites (removing the need for web
servers) and event services can host code. This removes the operational burden of
managing physical servers, and can lower transactional costs because managed
services operate at cloud scale.
Experiment more often: With virtual and automatable resources, you can quickly
carry out comparative testing using different types of instances, storage, or
configurations.
Consider mechanical sympathy: Use the technology approach that aligns best
with your goals. For example, consider data access patterns when you select
database or storage approaches.

Recoverability

Recoverability The interface should include mechanisms to allow users to

recover from errors. User guidance The interface should provide meaningful
feedback when errors occur and provide context-sensitive user help facilities.

User guidance
Making easier for the user to navigate in the application suggesting what should be
the next step or make it visible the main commands like next page, delete, help ….

Discuss advantages and disadvantages of GUI (Graphical User Interface)

What is usability and how we can perform usability testing?

Discuss about user interface evaluation’s techniques

Discuss following Usability Attributes

Learnability
Speed of operation
Robustness
Recoverability
Adaptability