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UI/UX FOR MOBILE

ValentineRutto
September 28, 2018

UI/UX FOR MOBILE

ux design process , ui design dos and donts, ui design inspirations.

ValentineRutto

September 28, 2018
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  1. ABOUT ME • Android Developer • Fashion model • Poet

    @valentinerutto [email protected] @valentinerutto Linkedin | github | twitter Medium | Instagram | FB
  2. What is UI/UX? • UI(user interface) The look and feel

    of an application • UX (user experience) Is the process of enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty by improving the usability, ease of use, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the customer and the product.
  3. “Designing is not something that you just create and start

    using it. Draw and draft and redraw and redraft, thus creating an unmatched experience.” “To be a great designer, you need to look a little deeper into how people think and act.” — Paul B
  4. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 1-UNDERSTAND ACTIVITIES • Meet, talk, observe and

    understand users in their environment • Analyze requirements to understand and clarify them • Define user personas and use-cases OUTCOMES • User persona a fictional representation of your ideal customer • Use cases • User stories -user journey
  5. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 2-RESEARCH • Understand market competition • Learn

    about your domain • Get inspirations and ideas from your competitors”
  6. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 2-RESEARCH ACTIVITIES • Study of competitors’ approaches

    • Research on similar features in the world • Analysis of latest UI/UX trends, design principles and rules • Keep an eye on your own UX guidelines OUTCOMES Ideas and material on which you can build your design on
  7. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 3-SKETCH ACTIVITIES • Generate ideas and work

    on basic sketches • Brainstorming sessions with stakeholders to get their feedback from technical perspective • Re-draw sketches and re-test them with stakeholders OUTCOMES • Sketches • Wireframes, Mockups • User flows
  8. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 4-DESIGN Activities • Design UI images •

    Define final theme, specs, and guidelines required for implementation • Design icons to display on screens Outcomes • Design images • Detailed design specs like colors, theme, styles, guidelines • Icons
  9. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 5-IMPLEMENT Activities • Implement back-end functionality and

    front interface Outcomes • Developed UI with complete functionality and experience following the designed theme and style
  10. UX DESIGN PROCESS: 6-EVALUATE Design team validates the product in

    terms of user flow and experience and identify areas where improvements are needed. Activities • Go through the flow and feel the experience • Perform a comparison of implementation and defined interface Outcomes • User feedback • UI audit reports • Areas marked where improvement is required
  11. Decluttering • Keep the content and interface elements to a

    minimum • minimal information doesnt overwelm users • Use the technique of progressive disclosure to show more options
  12. Speed and Responsiveness • Loading time is important in UX

    • 47% of users expect a page to load in 2secs or less
  13. Skeleton screens Vs loading indicator • SS-Shows your app is

    fast and responsive • LI-Shows something is happening • A skeleton screen fills out the UI as content is loaded incrementally.
  14. OFFER A VISUAL DISTRACTION • Users pay less attention to

    the wait itself • Like interesting animations
  15. PERMISSIONS • Avoid asking permissions at the start of your

    application unless it is crucial for your app • Ask for what your application clearly needs • Explain why your app needs the permision if not obvious • Always ask permision in context
  16. Permission • Always ask in context Prompt users to accept

    permissions only when they try to use the feature
  17. Optimize Push Notifications • Push the value Users won’t mind

    getting notifications, as long as the value they get is sufficiently greater than the interruption
  18. Optimize Push Notifications • Time your notificatios The best time

    for push notifications is peak hours of mobile usage: from 6:00 pm till 10:00 pm.