User Experience is not just Interfaces.
a quick summary of what are the key differences between ux and ui.
We have been pretty amazed to see queries like “ can you make it little warm” or the famous — “Make it pop, UX is not up to the mark”. most of the times we try to explain why the design element (color, spacing,size) is important to the product. which result’s in a realisation that there’s very less awareness about the two.
Let me break the myth, — “UX IS NOT EQUAL TO UI” or for some folks (UX!=UI)
What is the difference between UX and UI?
UX Design refers to the term User Experience Design, while UI Design stands for User Interface Design. Both elements are crucial to a product and work closely together. But despite their professional relationship, the roles themselves are quite different, referring to very different parts of the process and the design discipline. Where UX Design is a more analytical and technical field, UI Design is closer to what we refer to as graphic design, though the responsibilities are somewhat more complex.
‘If you imagine a product as the human body, the bones represent the code which give it structure. The organs represent the UX design: measuring and optimising against input for supporting life functions. And UI design represents the cosmetics of the body–its presentation, its senses and reactions.’
User Experience — UX design is primarily How The Product Feels. The broad responsibility of a UX Designer is to ensure that the product logically flows from one step to the next. A UX designer will likely design the user flows, the steps that a user would take to sign up for your newsletter, for example.
By identifying verbal and non-verbal stumbling blocks, they refine and iterate to create the “best” user experience. UX makes interfaces useful.
User Interface- UI is particularly about How a Design is Laid Out. UI Designers are in charge of designing each screen or page with which a user interacts and ensuring that the UI visually communicates the path that a UX designer has laid out.
Once the user flows and wireframes are prototyped and tested, it’s the UI designer’s role to make them aesthetically pleasing. This includes choosing a color scheme and typography that will be both attractive and simple to use. However, color choices, typography and interactions are not based on the designer’s personal preference but rather on clearly articulated reasons specific to the personas developed by the UX designers.
feel free to shoot us an email — hi@gult.design for any ux or ui related queries.
Cheers!
