8. User Interface Design Flashcards

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What are the basic UI principles?

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Layout – standard three-part structure
Awareness – always inform the user
Aesthetics – less is more
User-focused – understand the user’s goals
Consistency – enable prediction
Efficiency – minimize user effort
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What are the interface design principles?

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  • Identify inputs, outputs, and use scenarios
  • Design overall interface structure
  • Design standards and conventions
  • Prototype, Evaluate, Iterate
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Interface Structure Design Should:

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  • Always make the next step clear
  • Avoid restricting the user’s movement
  • No dead ends
  • Navigation mechanisms should be used
    consistently
  • Let the user know consequences of leaving a form
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Describe an interface structure diagram

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  • Used to display all paths the user can take, all interactions, and all inputs and outputs (and their order).
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