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UXD stands for user experience design. This kind of design refers to a product\u2019s design that offers a meaningful and enriching experience to the user of that product. The term “User Experience Design” is often interchangeably used with “UI design” and “usability.” But, the latter terms are a subset of user experience design. A user experience design is much more than the interface design of the product or a design that provides usability. A user experience designer also pays attention to the integration of the product. He or she is concerned with processes like product branding, product design, and usability factors. Moreover, they should also consider the efficiency of the product function.<\/p>\n
The process of designing a user experience covers all the procedures as mentioned above that a UX designer handles before the device reaches the user\u2019s hands. In this blog, we are going to take a look at the tips required to have the best UX design.<\/p>\n
1. Customer experience:<\/h2>\n
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Look at the apps a user deletes from his devices. The fundamental reason why a user deletes an application is because of the technical snags in the application. A UX designer is required to understand the product development at every stage. Through every phase of the product life cycle, the UX designer should look at it from a customer\u2019s perspective. A customer experience (CX) ranges from considering the application for use, moving through the usage, support to its removal.<\/p>\n
As a UX designer, you should think like a customer while you are creating an application. Similarly, you should also think about the interactions a customer makes with your application. For instance, you should know that user registration is easy. These days, the system sends an OTP (one-time-password) to users who register through their phone number. It is a natural process for registration. But individual applications send links to their website for user verification, which may or may not work. Doing this may turn your customer away and abandon your application. They may even end up giving negative reviews to your application.<\/p>\n
2. Keep it simple and responsive:<\/h2>\n
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Another very significant factor of any UX design is the complexity level of it. Generally, ease of use is the primary aim of any UX design, yet designers either forget about it or lose track of the goal. Eventually, they end up having intricate designs that make them lose their users. When a page is filled up with textual content and sardined with images and videos, it turns a user off. Above that, if the typography is also not up to the mark, then you cannot expect your user to read your thoroughly researched content. Doing this may lead to your user bouncing off your webpage. If the bounce rate goes up, your website may lose its organic traffic and lead to loss of rank on the search results page.<\/p>\n
You should have a design that responds to your user’s requirements thoroughly and is always user-friendly. The goal of your design should be to keep the user engaged and involved with your webpage. You should not let the user be distracted. Even if your page has a lot of white space, but has a definitive purpose, it helps keep your design user friendly.<\/p>\n
The components and their purpose should be easily understandable and self-explanatory to the user. For instance, the interactive elements like \u201csearch\u201d should have a symbol of a magnifier glass to signify search. You should place extra information about the website like a blog list or contact us on the page footer.<\/p>\n
3. Understand your target audience\u2019s requirements:<\/h2>\n
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Without understanding your target audience’s mindset and requirements, it is practically impossible to design a user experience. To have a correct user experience design, you have to understand everything from their perspective. That way, you can follow the difficulties they encounter or the ease of use that puts the user at ease. Without acquiring this perspective, it is impossible to have the design correct in the first go. Moreover, a design may be a fiasco because of a lack of understanding of the audience’s needs and expectations.<\/p>\n
To avoid this, you should enquire every minute detail about how the user expects a user experience design. For this, you can either have your users fill out the surveys and feedback forms. You can also observe how users use the product and what features they seem to like the best. The surveys can help you know about your users from the demography perspective. Your users could be tech-savvy, industrialists, or a student studying in a university.<\/p>\n
The survey also tells you about what your user requires and how you can answer those requirements. It also helps you see how you can connect your user\u2019s needs with your interface design. These answers are sufficient for you to understand the mindset of your target audience. Moreover, it can help you have the best UX design according to your users.<\/p>\n
4. Have visually distinct elements:<\/h2>\n
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A page that is visually appealing as well as easy to use for a user is the best way to win at user experience design. If your user has to look for controls or the controls hide beneath the advertisements, then it is not a good example to set. Don’t make your user scroll up and down to find something. It is always a good start if you have the most critical things visible and easy to find. The most important thing, according to your design, should stand out and be in the center. For instance, if you deal with blogs, you should place your latest blog in a way that is easy for the reader to find.<\/p>\n
Another factor that decides the integrity of a user experience design is the navigational elements. Certain websites offer navigation that is seemingly confusing for users. For instance, it is a trend to place the navigation on the page header and social media buttons on the right or left. Depending on the location of social media buttons, you can set your blog posts. Hence, if social button media buttons are on the left, you can place your blog posts on the right. Also, the latest blog posts should be on the top. Other content like \u201cyou may also like…\u201d goes at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n
The location and caption of the action button are also very significant when you are designing the page. In addition to this, the caption on the button is also essential. For instance, you should not write “OK” on the button if it means “save” the information. Instead, you should write “save” on the button to avoid confusion. It is very annoying when you cannot seem to find the button to process your information. For instance, if the button hides beneath an advertisement, the user would never know about the existence of the button. He may simply get annoyed with the design and may abandon the page instantly.<\/p>\n
The search field should be visible to your user irrelevant of what device your user selects to use. You can also signify it by putting a symbol of a magnifier lens to depict search. Traditionally, you should place the search field on the top-right corner of the page. Hence, try and maintain the same tradition.<\/p>\n
Coming to the colors, you should have muted background colors. That is, they should not be very dark or very bright. It is a general and stated fact that blue color is for the hyperlinks. Try and maintain that design factor. Red signifies errors or alerts. Follow that to signify the same. Put a high-contrast color for call-to-action buttons. This may invoke the user to click on it and take action.<\/p>\n
5. User flow consistency:<\/h2>\n
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The user\u2019s journey on your website also plays an essential role that decides the correctness of your user experience design. The \u201cflow\u201d defines the seamless movement of a user from one part of your webpage to another. While establishing this, the end product of the flow should be delivering the value to the user. A consistent design helps users find and do what they want to do on your website or application. This benefits your work because consistency is what brings about the usage.<\/p>\n