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Let's Think about Right Answers of Design and UI/UX

Kite
March 25, 2017

Let's Think about Right Answers of Design and UI/UX

Kite

March 25, 2017
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  1. Osaka Web Designers and Developers Meetup
    Kite @ixkaito
    Let’s Think about
    The Right Answer of Design and UI/UX

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  2. WHO AM I?
    WordPress core contributor
    Web & graphic designer
    Programmer
    Ruby on Rails contributor
    React contributor
    Wocker developer
    Bathe developer
    Frasco developer
    Kite
    KITERETZ inc. CEO & Founder
    ! kite.koga " ixkaito # ixkaito

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  3. CONTENTS
    Design and UI/UX
    Universal Answers
    The Part Which Have No Answer
    Conclusion

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  4. How many people think
    there are correct answers to design and UI/UX?

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  5. Design and UI/UX

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  6. Design and UI/UX
    DESIGN & UI/UX
    Design
    UI UX

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  7. Design
    UI UX
    Design (in a Narrow Sense)
    It is always said that there is no correct answer to this part.
    Design in a Narrow Sense
    DESIGN & UI/UX

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  8. UI/UX
    There are (almost) correct or universal answers to this part.
    Design
    UI UX
    UI/UX
    DESIGN & UI/UX

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  9. Design (in a Narrow Sense)
    Face, figure, hairstyle, makeup,
    fashion, accessory, etc.
    UI/UX
    Character, manner, behavior, care, kindness,
    hospitality, OMOTENASHI, etc.
    Compare Design and UI/UX to a Human
    DESIGN & UI/UX

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  10. ref. PIXEL PERFECT PRECISION (PPP)
    Universal Answers

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  11. Certain colors and shapes have become synonymous with specific meanings in digital
    design. Be mindful of these norms, as mixing them up can cause confusion for the user.
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    Bad Good
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS Color and Shape

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  12. Straight edges should be on-pixel and sharp
    — blurred edges are a no-no!
    Bad Good
    Sharp Edges
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  13. Mak sure the alignment and spacing are right.
    Bad Good
    Alignment and Spacing
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  14. Your designs should maintain consistency across a number of levels, including color, style,
    margin, position, navigation, typography, and use of language.
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    About Us
    Home Contacts
    Company
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    Bad Good
    Consistency
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  15. Layout, colors and typography have a huge influence on what the eye is drawn to, and
    consequently how information is consumed. Think about what you want the user to look at
    on the page and in what order, then design around that hierarchy.
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    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS
    Bad Good
    Visual Hierarchy

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  16. Affordance is an object’s ability to convey its function through sensory means. Commonly
    used affordances include buttons which are given depth to emulate the real world, and
    text which flows off the page to show that it scrolls.
    Button Scrollable
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    Home Contact Us
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    Contact Us
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS Affordance

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  17. Scrolling is easier than clicking for your users. Clicking is a decision; scrolling is a
    continuation.
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    Home Contact Us
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    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS
    Bad Good
    Scrolling is Better than Clicking
    ex, laudantium repellendus neque, tempore magnam
    maiores alias asperiores voluptatem distinctio officia!

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  18. Good typography is vital in digital design, and has a great effect on your product’s
    accessibility.
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    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS
    Bad Good
    Typography

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  19. Do not fix the sizes of content areas.
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    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  20. Shown above are three ways to vertically align text on buttons. Which method is best
    depends on a few variables, such as the choice of typeface and whether you’re using
    uppercase, lowercase, numbers, icons or a mixture of all. Make sure that once you pick a
    rule you stick to it throughout the interface.
    Capital
    Capital Capital
    Capital
    Capital Capital
    UPPERCASE
    UPPERCASE UPPERCASE
    Cap Height and Descender x-height Cap Height and x-height
    Aligning Text
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  21. Digital tools use height or width to center objects. However, the center should not be the
    center of height or width but the center of gravity.
    Bad Good
    Center of Gravity
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  22. Make sure that you have the proper resolution of your images. Do not scale images up
    too much and change the aspect ratio.
    Bad Good
    Images
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  23. PIXEL PERFECT PRECISION
    https://ustwo.com/blog/the-ustwo-pixel-perfect-precision-handbook-3/
    UNIVERSAL ANSWERS

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  24. The Part Which Have No Answer

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  25. Design
    UI UX
    Design (in a Narrow Sense)
    It is always said that there is no correct answer to this part.
    NO ANSWER Design in a Narrow Sense

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  26. % This is definitely better than some websites which I have no idea where I can click.
    % I prefer the simpleness of this website.
    % Hiroshi Abe’s website is the ideal one.
    User Feedback
    NO ANSWER Hiroshi Abe’s Website

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  27. It’s not true that all websites should have
    the same design of Hiroshi Abe’s Website.
    NO ANSWER The Role of Designer

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  28. Everybody has his likes and dislikes. It is impossible to create a design which everyone likes.
    Likes and Dislikes
    It is hard to evaluate design. Page views or conversion rate depend on not many other variables,
    such as contents, speed, promotion, etc.
    Hard to Evaluate
    NO ANSWER Why It Is Said That There’s No Answer to Design?

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  29. To Have a Definite Aim
    From the User’s Perspective
    For example: page views, conversion rate, design awards, self-satisfaction, etc.
    Alway think about your users and provide the appropriate design. For example: men and women
    have different color preferences. Flat design works well for the youth, but skeuomorphic design
    may be better for older people.
    NO ANSWER What to Do

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  30. To Have Reasons
    It’s true that design finally depends on your preferences, so you have to have reasons to
    persuade your clients.
    Golden ratio, silver ratio, 960px grid system, fashionable colors, etc. Do not persist these. If you
    feel strange with your design, it is necessary to leave these concepts.
    Some Ideas
    NO ANSWER What to Do

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  31. Conclusion

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  32. There’s no perfection of design. Improve your design from user feedback. Growth hacking and
    lean UX are spotlighted.
    Continual Improvement
    Make your contents nice and rich before pursuing great design.
    Content-First
    CONCLUSION

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  33. Thank you!

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