W1,W2 CPE 66070503469

  Week9       In this week, we learned that User Interface (UI) Design focuses on anticipating what users might need to do and ensuring that the interface has elements that are easy to access, understand, and use to facilitate those actions. UI brings together concepts from interaction design, visual design, and information architecture.        The other component of the User Interface (UI) is elements. Elements are the parts we use to build apps or websites. They add interactivity to a user interface, providing touchpoints for the user as they navigate their way around; think buttons, scrollbars, menu items, and checkboxes. UI designers use UI elements to create a visual language and ensure consistency across your product—making it user-friendly and easy to navigate without too much thought on the user’s part. Common UI elements include: -Breadcrumbs -Checkboxes -Dropdowns -Forms -Icons -Input fields -Notifications And many more. We also get a br...

Week7       In this week, we learned that there are 7 factors that describe user experience, according to Peter Morville a pioneer in the UX field who was written several best-selling books and advises many Fortune 500 companies on UX :  -Useful  If it has no purpose, it is unlikely to be able to compete for attention alongside a market full of purposeful and useful products. It’s worth noting that “useful” is in the eye of the beholder and things can be deemed “useful” if they deliver non-practical benefits such as fun or aesthetic appeal. -Usable Usability is concerned with enabling users to effectively and efficiently achieve their end objective with a product. A computer game which requires 3 sets of control pads is unlikely to be usable as people, for the time being at least, only tend to have 2 hands. -Findable Findable refers to the idea that the product must be easy to find and in the instance of digital and information products; the content within ...