what is UI and UX ?

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UI/UX is the first element of any application that users interact with, It is the visual component of any application that can either make the user stick to it or let them go. Nowadays, whether the application is user-friendly or not is being decided by seeing UI.

UI

UI stands for the user interface which is the designing of the skeleton of the application. it is the place where people decide the place to color to design of webpage components like:

  • Input components (buttons, radio, dropdown...etc)

  • Navigational components (Sidebar, menubar, navbar, menus, search

  • bar/field..etc), Informational components (progress bar, tooltips, notification)

  • Containers(Cards, scroll bar, forms....etc).

UX

UX stands for user experience which means designing of experience that the user wants through UI. It is responsible for the experience that the user feels while using a product(website/software/web apps...etc). UX focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.

UI/UX principles:

  1. User-Centric

  2. Simple/clean/easy to use

  3. Minimum functionality on each screen

  4. design should be relevant to the webpage.

  5. Provide hints/feedback for each step.

  6. Avoid complexity.

  7. Design accessibility and flexibility should be rich.