What is UX? => User Experience — Day 6
1.0 Recap
Yesterday, I looked at the innovative way of thinking about problems and also factors that contribute to innovation. You can check it out here.
2.0 What is UX?
Today, I started the User Experience course because I was eager to connect the dots between Design thinking and User experience. At first, it got a little bit confusing when I tried to differentiate the two but I later got a hang of it.
UX is all about meeting the user’s needs by bringing the user to the center of design thinking when creating a product or service. In a nutshell, it’s more like:
User Experience => Do you enjoy using the product? (Experience)
Design Thinking => How do you feel when using the product? (Empathy)
Another difference I found online is:
Design Thinking=> starting with a problem by doing lots of research about users, the problem itself and finding the best creative or innovative solution to that problem.
User Experience => starting from a solution and making that work according to user’s needs.
Most of the time, UX answer questions about a product or service such as:
- How does it feel?
- Is the user interface intuitive enough?
- How does it look?
3.0 Resources
4.0 Conclusion
Tomorrow, I’ll be taking a look at why UX design matters.
The best way to learn is by asking questions and letting people know how you understand the topic. Feel free to leave a comment, we will definitely learn from it🙂.
